Hampton, SC 29924 Frost Dates
Hampton, 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.
Hampton sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Hampton'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
03/23 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.
Hampton against the rest of the dataset
Hampton's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,908 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 290 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29924's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Hampton can differ from the 29924 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Hampton's frost date answer different questions.