Pelzer, SC 29669 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pelzer, SC, ZIP 29669
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 250 frost-free days later.
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 Pelzer, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Pelzer has about 12 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.
The actual range around Pelzer's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pelzer compares
About 250 days separate Pelzer's last and first frost, putting it 7,553 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 131 of 519.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Pelzer's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pelzer's dates instead of trusting one.