Pickens, SC 29633 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pickens, SC?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 205 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Pickens, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Pickens before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pickens's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pickens compares
Pickens's growing season runs about 205 days, ranking 16,302 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 497 of 519.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Pickens's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Pickens's dates instead of trusting one.