Brunson, SC 29913 Frost Dates
Brunson, SC: when does the frost end?
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brunson in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Brunson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Brunson's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Brunson against the rest of the dataset
Brunson's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,973 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 298 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29913's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Brunson's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Brunson can differ from the 29913 normal.