Hickory Grove, SC 29717 Frost Dates
29717, near Hickory Grove, SC: the frost window
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 186 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hickory Grove 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
Hickory Grove's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hickory Grove against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 186 frost-free days, Hickory Grove places 22,911 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 515 of 519.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 29717: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Hickory Grove's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Hickory Grove's dates instead of trusting one.