Beaufort, SC 29914 Frost Dates
Beaufort, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/03, roughly 279 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Beaufort, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Beaufort'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
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Beaufort against the rest of the dataset
Beaufort's growing season runs about 279 days, ranking 4,873 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 32 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29914's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Beaufort can differ from the 29914 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Beaufort's frost date answer different questions.