Pendleton, SC 29670 Frost Dates
Pendleton, SC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 207 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 Pendleton, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Pendleton'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
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/21 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.
Pendleton against the rest of the dataset
About 207 days separate Pendleton's last and first frost, putting it 15,819 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 479 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29670's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Pendleton can differ from the 29670 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Pendleton's frost date answer different questions.