Greenville, SC 29614 Frost Dates
Greenville, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/16, about 200 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 250 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Greenville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/16 isn't a guarantee
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Greenville against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 250 frost-free days, Greenville places 7,438 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 117 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29614's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Greenville can differ from the 29614 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Greenville's frost date answer different questions.