Allendale, SC 29810 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Allendale, SC, ZIP 29810
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/20, about 204 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 238 frost-free days later.
Allendale 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
Zone 8b around Allendale has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 03/20 isn't a guarantee
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Allendale compares
At roughly 238 frost-free days, Allendale places 8,979 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 219 of 519.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Allendale's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Allendale's dates instead of trusting one.