When to plant in Iva, SC

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 15

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 28

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 5

1 year in 10 by Oct 24

Frost-free days

219

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Anderson Faa Ap · 21.7 km away · station 234 m, town 217 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 18 – Mar 4	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jun 9
Sweet pepper	Feb 4 – Feb 18	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jun 14
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 24 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 14	Apr 9
Peas	—	Feb 14 – Mar 14	Apr 10
Bush beans	—	Apr 8 – Apr 29	May 28
Carrot	—	Mar 7 – Apr 18	May 6
Beet	—	Feb 28 – Apr 11	Apr 19
Potato	—	Mar 7 – Mar 28	May 16
Kale	Jan 17 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 14	Apr 12
Broccoli	Jan 17 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 21	Apr 29
Cucumber	Mar 18 – Mar 25	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jun 4
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 18 – Mar 25	Apr 15 – Apr 29	May 30
Winter squash	Mar 18 – Mar 25	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jul 4
Sweet corn	—	Apr 8 – Apr 29	Jun 7
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 28 – Mar 21	May 29
Garlic	—	Oct 22 – Nov 19 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 14 – Mar 14	Mar 24
Basil	Mar 4 – Mar 18	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jun 11

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Iva'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
1949	Apr 17
1950	Apr 16
1951	Apr 4
1952	Mar 17
1953	Apr 21
1954	Mar 22
1955	Mar 30
1956	Apr 21
1957	Mar 21
1958	Apr 8
1959	Mar 19
1960	Apr 11
1961	Apr 14
1962	Apr 17
1963	Mar 23
1964	Mar 31
1965	Mar 22
1966	Mar 29
1967	Mar 19
1968	Mar 25
1969	Mar 28
1970	Mar 17
1971	Mar 27
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 11
1974	Mar 22
1975	Mar 15
1976	Mar 18
1977	Mar 23
1978	Mar 18
1979	Mar 26
1980	Mar 15
1981	Mar 21
1982	Apr 7
1983	Apr 21
1984	Mar 31
1985	Apr 10
1986	Apr 24
1987	Apr 6
1988	Apr 20
1989	Apr 12
1990	Mar 21
1991	Mar 11
1992	Apr 3
1993	Apr 3
1994	Apr 1
1995	Mar 12
1996	Apr 10
1997	Apr 18
1998	Mar 23
1999	Mar 28
2000	Apr 9
2001	Apr 19
2002	Mar 23
2003	Apr 1
2004	Apr 15
2005	Mar 19
2006	Mar 27
2007	Apr 10
2008	Mar 25
2009	Apr 8
2010	Mar 8
2011	Mar 7
2012	Mar 6
2013	Mar 29
2014	Mar 27
2015	Mar 29
2016	Mar 22
2017	Mar 17
2018	Apr 17
2019	Mar 28
2020	Mar 8
2021	Apr 22
2022	Apr 10
2023	Mar 21
2024	Mar 19

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1949	200
1950	203
1951	212
1952	217
1953	199
1954	222
1955	215
1956	202
1957	219
1958	216
1959	233
1960	208
1961	195
1962	191
1963	223
1964	235
1965	216
1966	219
1967	230
1968	218
1969	230
1970	243
1971	225
1972	221
1973	212
1974	213
1975	244
1976	217
1977	232
1978	262
1979	233
1980	248
1981	231
1982	211
1983	198
1984	220
1985	212
1986	203
1988	175
1989	190
1990	241
1991	237
1992	218
1993	212
1994	235
1995	237
1996	192
1997	211
1998	213
1999	209
2000	182
2001	190
2002	228
2003	226
2004	213
2005	236
2006	210
2007	207
2008	218
2009	233
2010	243
2011	236
2012	246
2013	210
2014	219
2015	229
2016	242
2017	247
2018	207
2019	219
2020	239
2021	205
2022	191
2023	225
2024	254

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1949	22.5 °C
1950	22.8 °C
1951	23.4 °C
1952	23.7 °C
1953	23.5 °C
1954	23.9 °C
1955	23.5 °C
1956	23.0 °C
1957	23.5 °C
1958	22.9 °C
1959	23.4 °C
1960	22.7 °C
1961	21.4 °C
1962	23.0 °C
1963	22.4 °C
1964	22.6 °C
1965	23.1 °C
1966	22.1 °C
1967	21.4 °C
1968	22.1 °C
1969	22.7 °C
1970	23.4 °C
1971	22.2 °C
1972	22.6 °C
1973	22.6 °C
1974	22.7 °C
1975	24.1 °C
1976	22.1 °C
1977	25.0 °C
1978	23.1 °C
1979	22.6 °C
1980	24.3 °C
1981	23.8 °C
1982	23.1 °C
1983	21.9 °C
1984	22.0 °C
1985	22.4 °C
1986	23.3 °C
1988	22.7 °C
1989	22.2 °C
1990	23.4 °C
1991	23.4 °C
1992	22.0 °C
1993	23.0 °C
1994	22.3 °C
1995	22.6 °C
1996	22.8 °C
1997	22.0 °C
1998	23.9 °C
1999	22.8 °C
2000	22.6 °C
2001	22.2 °C
2002	23.4 °C
2003	21.9 °C
2004	22.7 °C
2005	22.6 °C
2006	23.1 °C
2007	23.2 °C
2008	23.1 °C
2009	22.8 °C
2010	24.5 °C
2011	24.2 °C
2012	23.3 °C
2013	22.1 °C
2014	22.9 °C
2015	23.8 °C
2016	24.5 °C
2017	23.3 °C
2018	23.8 °C
2019	24.4 °C
2020	22.7 °C
2021	22.6 °C
2022	23.7 °C
2023	22.8 °C
2024	24.0 °C

What this means for you: Since 1949, Iva's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 1 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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