Pendleton, SC 29677 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pendleton, SC?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 207 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 Pendleton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Pendleton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pendleton's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pendleton compares
Pendleton's growing season runs about 207 days, ranking 15,820 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 480 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Pendleton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pendleton can differ from the 29677 normal.