When to plant in Cheraw, SC

Planting dates worked out from Cheraw's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

Apr 10

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 25

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 3

1 year in 10 by Oct 22

Frost-free days

224

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Cheraw · 0.6 km away · station 46 m, town 47 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 13 – Feb 27	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 4
Sweet pepper	Jan 30 – Feb 13	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 9
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 21 – Jan 28	Feb 25 – Mar 11	Apr 6
Peas	—	Feb 11 – Mar 11	Apr 7
Bush beans	—	Apr 3 – Apr 24	May 23
Carrot	—	Mar 4 – Apr 15	May 3
Beet	—	Feb 25 – Apr 8	Apr 16
Potato	—	Mar 4 – Mar 25	May 13
Kale	Jan 14 – Jan 28	Feb 25 – Mar 11	Apr 9
Broccoli	Jan 14 – Jan 28	Feb 25 – Mar 18	Apr 26
Cucumber	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 10 – Apr 24	May 30
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 10 – Apr 24	May 25
Winter squash	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 29
Sweet corn	—	Apr 3 – Apr 24	Jun 2
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 25 – Mar 18	May 26
Garlic	—	Oct 20 – Nov 17 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 11 – Mar 11	Mar 21
Basil	Feb 27 – Mar 13	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 6

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Cheraw's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1897	Mar 29
1898	Apr 8
1899	Apr 5
1900	Apr 5
1901	Mar 22
1902	Apr 2
1903	Apr 5
1904	Apr 5
1905	Apr 17
1906	Mar 26
1907	Apr 15
1908	Mar 22
1909	Mar 26
1910	Mar 16
1911	Mar 31
1912	Mar 11
1913	Mar 28
1914	Mar 24
1915	Apr 4
1916	Mar 17
1917	Mar 19
1919	Apr 4
1920	Apr 6
1921	Apr 12
1922	Mar 23
1923	Apr 2
1924	Apr 3
1925	Mar 4
1926	Apr 20
1927	Apr 11
1928	Apr 1
1929	Mar 18
1930	Mar 31
1931	Mar 18
1932	Mar 16
1933	Mar 27
1934	Mar 25
1935	Mar 1
1936	Apr 4
1937	Apr 13
1938	Apr 11
1939	Apr 5
1940	Apr 14
1941	Mar 30
1942	Apr 2
1943	Apr 16
1944	Apr 6
1945	Mar 23
1946	Apr 13
1947	Mar 29
1948	Mar 30
1949	Apr 17
1950	Apr 15
1951	Mar 26
1952	Mar 18
1953	Apr 21
1954	Mar 22
1955	Mar 31
1956	Mar 25
1957	Mar 21
1958	Mar 22
1959	Mar 20
1960	Apr 11
1961	Mar 11
1962	Apr 18
1963	Apr 17
1964	Apr 1
1965	Apr 4
1966	Apr 11
1967	Mar 20
1968	Mar 26
1969	Apr 2
1970	Apr 8
1971	Apr 1
1972	Apr 11
1973	Apr 14
1975	Apr 5
1976	Apr 11
1977	Apr 7
1978	Mar 19
1983	Apr 22
1984	Mar 13
1985	Apr 10
1986	Mar 24
1987	Apr 2
1988	Mar 18
1989	Apr 13
1990	Mar 22
1991	Mar 12
1992	Apr 7
1993	Mar 20
1994	Mar 18
1995	Mar 12
1996	Apr 11
1997	Mar 18
1998	Mar 14
1999	Mar 17
2000	Mar 16
2001	Apr 20
2002	Mar 24
2003	Apr 1
2004	Apr 6
2005	Mar 20
2006	Mar 27
2007	Apr 10
2009	Mar 22
2010	Mar 24
2011	Mar 12
2012	Mar 6
2013	Mar 30
2014	Mar 28
2015	Mar 30
2016	Apr 10
2017	Mar 20
2018	Mar 23
2019	Apr 3
2020	Mar 10
2021	Apr 22
2022	Mar 29
2023	Mar 22
2024	Mar 19
2025	Mar 7
2026	Mar 30

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1897	227
1898	213
1899	212
1900	217
1901	229
1902	239
1903	204
1904	215
1905	208
1906	198
1907	206
1908	228
1909	213
1910	227
1911	216
1912	236
1913	207
1914	217
1915	225
1916	243
1917	219
1919	224
1920	206
1921	184
1922	238
1923	220
1924	229
1925	220
1926	188
1927	209
1928	224
1929	232
1930	205
1931	214
1932	241
1933	226
1934	217
1935	219
1936	225
1937	185
1938	217
1939	209
1940	208
1941	224
1942	223
1943	184
1944	204
1945	226
1946	224
1947	242
1948	204
1949	202
1950	204
1951	222
1952	216
1953	200
1954	222
1955	208
1956	229
1957	221
1958	252
1959	242
1960	206
1961	229
1963	196
1964	193
1965	203
1966	205
1967	222
1968	214
1969	204
1970	221
1971	220
1972	191
1973	206
1976	193
1977	192
1978	257
1983	198
1986	234
1987	203
1988	209
1989	190
1990	241
1991	237
1992	195
1993	226
1994	250
1995	237
1996	205
1997	243
1998	237
1999	221
2000	207
2001	190
2003	226
2004	217
2005	223
2006	210
2007	210
2009	229
2010	227
2011	231
2012	239
2013	209
2014	219
2015	237
2016	223
2019	196
2020	237
2021	205
2022	203
2023	224
2024	247
2025	248

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1896	24.4 °C
1897	23.2 °C
1898	23.5 °C
1899	24.1 °C
1900	23.9 °C
1901	22.3 °C
1902	22.7 °C
1903	21.9 °C
1904	22.0 °C
1905	23.1 °C
1906	23.3 °C
1907	22.3 °C
1908	23.3 °C
1909	22.9 °C
1910	23.0 °C
1911	23.5 °C
1912	23.2 °C
1913	23.0 °C
1915	23.4 °C
1916	23.0 °C
1917	22.3 °C
1918	22.2 °C
1919	22.7 °C
1920	22.9 °C
1921	24.0 °C
1922	23.8 °C
1923	23.7 °C
1924	22.5 °C
1925	24.4 °C
1926	23.6 °C
1927	22.3 °C
1928	22.8 °C
1930	23.6 °C
1931	24.0 °C
1932	23.5 °C
1933	24.4 °C
1934	24.1 °C
1935	23.6 °C
1936	24.0 °C
1937	22.8 °C
1938	23.5 °C
1939	23.6 °C
1940	22.4 °C
1941	23.7 °C
1942	23.6 °C
1943	23.4 °C
1944	22.6 °C
1945	22.5 °C
1946	22.8 °C
1947	23.6 °C
1948	23.5 °C
1949	23.0 °C
1950	22.6 °C
1951	23.2 °C
1952	23.2 °C
1953	24.0 °C
1954	23.8 °C
1955	23.6 °C
1956	23.1 °C
1957	23.6 °C
1958	23.3 °C
1959	23.9 °C
1960	23.5 °C
1961	22.4 °C
1962	22.9 °C
1963	22.0 °C
1964	22.5 °C
1965	22.5 °C
1966	21.3 °C
1967	21.0 °C
1968	22.4 °C
1969	21.7 °C
1970	22.3 °C
1971	22.0 °C
1972	21.6 °C
1973	21.9 °C
1974	21.9 °C
1975	22.6 °C
1976	21.6 °C
1977	22.9 °C
1978	22.4 °C
1979	22.4 °C
1983	22.5 °C
1984	22.0 °C
1985	22.8 °C
1986	24.1 °C
1987	23.2 °C
1988	22.5 °C
1989	22.4 °C
1990	23.1 °C
1991	23.4 °C
1992	22.2 °C
1993	23.4 °C
1994	22.3 °C
1995	23.0 °C
1996	22.6 °C
1997	21.3 °C
1998	23.2 °C
1999	22.6 °C
2000	22.3 °C
2001	22.4 °C
2002	23.5 °C
2003	22.2 °C
2004	22.9 °C
2005	22.8 °C
2006	22.7 °C
2007	22.9 °C
2009	22.9 °C
2010	24.1 °C
2011	23.9 °C
2012	23.1 °C
2013	22.3 °C
2014	23.1 °C
2015	23.7 °C
2016	23.9 °C
2018	24.2 °C
2019	24.3 °C
2020	22.8 °C
2021	22.4 °C
2022	23.2 °C
2023	22.4 °C
2024	23.4 °C
2025	23.4 °C

What this means for you: Since 1897, Cheraw's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Cheraw (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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