Snelling, SC 29813 Frost Dates
Snelling, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/20, about 204 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 238 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Snelling, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Snelling's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Snelling against the rest of the dataset
Snelling's growing season runs about 238 days, ranking 9,039 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 236 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29813's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Snelling can differ from the 29813 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Snelling's frost date answer different questions.