Sharon, SC 29742 Frost Dates
Sharon, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 186 days after the last spring frost.
Sharon sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8 weeks until Sharon's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
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.
Sharon against the rest of the dataset
About 186 days separate Sharon's last and first frost, putting it 22,910 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 514 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29742's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Sharon's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Sharon can differ from the 29742 normal.