Pendleton, SC 29689 Frost Dates
Pendleton, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/29, about 213 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 227 days after the last spring frost.
Pendleton sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 10 weeks until Pendleton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/29 isn't a guarantee
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pendleton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 227 frost-free days, Pendleton places 11,014 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 360 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29689's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Pendleton can differ from the 29689 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Pendleton's frost date answer different questions.