Monetta, SC 29802 Frost Dates
Monetta, SC: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/19, roughly 203 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 241 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Monetta in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 11 weeks until Monetta's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Monetta's last frost
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Monetta against the rest of the dataset
About 241 days separate Monetta's last and first frost, putting it 8,638 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 186 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29802's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Monetta's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Monetta's dates instead of trusting one.