New Ellenton, SC 29809 Frost Dates
When can you plant in New Ellenton, SC?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/19, roughly 203 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 241 frost-free days later.
New Ellenton 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in New Ellenton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around New Ellenton's last frost
03/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Ellenton compares
About 241 days separate New Ellenton's last and first frost, putting it 8,556 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 173 of 519.
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