Burnettown, SC 29834 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Burnettown, SC?
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 206 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Burnettown in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Burnettown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Burnettown's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Burnettown compares
Burnettown's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 16,019 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 486 of 519.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Burnettown's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Burnettown's dates instead of trusting one.