Lowndesville, SC 29659 Frost Dates
Lowndesville, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
Lowndesville sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Lowndesville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lowndesville against the rest of the dataset
Lowndesville's growing season runs about 209 days, ranking 15,443 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 477 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29659's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lowndesville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lowndesville can differ from the 29659 normal.