Sycamore, SC 29846 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sycamore, SC, ZIP 29846
Around 03/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 204 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 238 frost-free days later.
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 Sycamore, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Sycamore 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.
The actual range around Sycamore's last frost
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 Sycamore compares
Sycamore's growing season runs about 238 days, ranking 9,056 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 239 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Sycamore's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Sycamore can differ from the 29846 normal.