Varnville, SC 29933 Frost Dates
Varnville, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/23, about 207 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
Varnville 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 Varnville'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.
Varnville against the rest of the dataset
Varnville's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,923 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 292 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29933's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Varnville's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Varnville's dates instead of trusting one.