Ridgeland, SC 29936 Frost Dates
29936, near Ridgeland, SC: the frost window
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ridgeland in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
Ridgeland's growing season runs out in roughly 14 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
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.
Ridgeland against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 279 frost-free days, Ridgeland places 4,897 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 37 of 519.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 29936: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9a and Ridgeland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Ridgeland's dates instead of trusting one.