Anderson, SC 29622 Frost Dates
Anderson, SC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/29, roughly 213 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 227 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Anderson in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 10 weeks until Anderson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Anderson's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Anderson against the rest of the dataset
About 227 days separate Anderson's last and first frost, putting it 10,955 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 358 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29622's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Anderson can differ from the 29622 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Anderson's frost date answer different questions.