Due West, SC 29639 Frost Dates
Due West, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 216 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Due West, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Due West's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Due West against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 216 frost-free days, Due West places 13,849 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 455 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29639's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Due West's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Due West can differ from the 29639 normal.