Greenville, SC 29608 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greenville, SC, ZIP 29608
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 250 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Greenville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Greenville has about 12 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Greenville's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenville compares
Greenville's growing season runs about 250 days, ranking 7,433 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 112 of 519.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Greenville can differ from the 29608 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Greenville's frost date answer different questions.