Walhalla, SC 29675 Frost Dates
Walhalla, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 205 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Walhalla in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Walhalla's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Walhalla's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Walhalla against the rest of the dataset
Walhalla's growing season runs about 205 days, ranking 16,282 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 493 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29675's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Walhalla can differ from the 29675 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Walhalla's frost date answer different questions.