Yemassee, SC 29941 Frost Dates
Yemassee, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yemassee 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
With roughly 10 weeks until Yemassee'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.
Yemassee against the rest of the dataset
About 233 days separate Yemassee's last and first frost, putting it 9,932 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 295 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29941's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Yemassee can differ from the 29941 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Yemassee's frost date answer different questions.