Anderson, SC 29625 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Anderson, SC, ZIP 29625
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 227 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Anderson has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Anderson compares
At roughly 227 frost-free days, Anderson places 10,956 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 359 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Anderson's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Anderson can differ from the 29625 normal.