When to plant in Red Bank, SC

Planting dates worked out from Red Bank'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 23

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 6

1 year in 10 by Oct 24

Frost-free days

229

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Columbia · 11.2 km away · station 105 m, town 104 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 19 – Jan 26	Feb 23 – Mar 9	Apr 4
Peas	—	Feb 9 – Mar 9	Apr 5
Bush beans	—	Apr 3 – Apr 24	May 23
Carrot	—	Mar 2 – Apr 13	May 1
Beet	—	Feb 23 – Apr 6	Apr 14
Potato	—	Mar 2 – Mar 23	May 11
Kale	Jan 12 – Jan 26	Feb 23 – Mar 9	Apr 7
Broccoli	Jan 12 – Jan 26	Feb 23 – Mar 16	Apr 24
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 23 – Mar 16	May 24
Garlic	—	Oct 23 – Nov 20 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 9 – Mar 9	Mar 19
Basil	Feb 27 – Mar 13	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 6

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Red Bank'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
1948	Mar 29
1949	Apr 17
1950	Apr 16
1951	Mar 14
1952	Apr 7
1953	Apr 21
1954	Mar 22
1955	Mar 30
1956	Apr 21
1957	Mar 11
1958	Mar 22
1959	Mar 19
1960	Apr 11
1961	Mar 10
1962	Apr 21
1963	Mar 23
1964	Mar 31
1965	Mar 22
1966	Mar 29
1967	Mar 19
1968	Mar 26
1969	Mar 28
1970	Apr 3
1971	Apr 8
1972	Apr 10
1973	Apr 14
1974	Mar 18
1975	Mar 15
1976	Apr 10
1977	Mar 9
1978	Apr 22
1979	Mar 27
1980	Apr 6
1981	Mar 25
1982	Apr 24
1983	Apr 22
1984	Mar 31
1985	Mar 26
1986	Apr 24
1987	Apr 1
1988	Mar 18
1989	Apr 12
1990	Mar 21
1991	Mar 11
1992	Apr 6
1993	Apr 23
1994	Mar 17
1995	Mar 11
1996	Apr 11
1997	Apr 2
1998	Mar 23
1999	Mar 16
2000	Mar 14
2001	Mar 28
2002	Mar 23
2003	Mar 31
2004	Mar 24
2005	Mar 19
2006	Mar 27
2007	Apr 10
2008	Apr 16
2009	Apr 8
2010	Mar 8
2011	Mar 12
2012	Feb 21
2013	Mar 29
2014	Mar 27
2015	Mar 7
2016	Feb 28
2017	Mar 20
2018	Mar 23
2019	Apr 3
2020	Mar 8
2021	Apr 3
2022	Apr 10
2023	Mar 21
2024	Feb 25

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1948	227
1949	202
1950	203
1951	234
1952	196
1953	199
1954	223
1955	215
1956	202
1957	230
1958	220
1959	235
1960	206
1961	230
1962	186
1963	223
1964	235
1965	217
1966	218
1967	223
1968	214
1969	222
1970	197
1971	210
1972	221
1973	209
1974	199
1975	230
1976	194
1977	222
1978	231
1979	201
1980	219
1981	208
1982	185
1983	197
1984	220
1985	227
1986	203
1987	196
1988	209
1989	191
1990	241
1991	238
1992	196
1993	192
1994	250
1995	242
1996	205
1997	228
1998	228
1999	221
2000	209
2001	212
2002	239
2003	227
2004	230
2005	236
2006	210
2007	210
2008	195
2009	233
2010	243
2011	231
2012	252
2013	210
2014	220
2015	252
2016	264
2017	244
2018	243
2019	214
2020	239
2021	218
2022	220
2023	224
2024	277

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1948	24.3 °C
1949	23.9 °C
1950	23.6 °C
1951	24.0 °C
1952	24.5 °C
1953	24.5 °C
1954	24.7 °C
1955	24.6 °C
1956	24.1 °C
1957	24.2 °C
1958	24.1 °C
1959	24.2 °C
1960	24.2 °C
1961	23.0 °C
1962	24.0 °C
1963	23.7 °C
1964	23.7 °C
1965	24.2 °C
1966	23.2 °C
1967	21.7 °C
1968	23.6 °C
1969	23.7 °C
1970	25.1 °C
1971	23.8 °C
1972	22.9 °C
1973	23.4 °C
1974	23.9 °C
1975	24.0 °C
1976	22.9 °C
1977	24.2 °C
1978	23.6 °C
1979	22.6 °C
1980	23.5 °C
1981	23.4 °C
1982	22.9 °C
1983	23.2 °C
1984	22.8 °C
1985	23.5 °C
1986	24.9 °C
1987	24.4 °C
1988	23.8 °C
1989	23.6 °C
1990	24.5 °C
1991	24.8 °C
1992	23.3 °C
1993	24.4 °C
1994	23.8 °C
1995	24.5 °C
1996	23.9 °C
1997	22.9 °C
1998	24.9 °C
1999	24.0 °C
2000	24.1 °C
2001	24.1 °C
2002	24.8 °C
2003	23.3 °C
2004	24.3 °C
2005	23.9 °C
2006	24.2 °C
2007	24.3 °C
2008	23.9 °C
2009	24.3 °C
2010	26.0 °C
2011	25.8 °C
2012	24.9 °C
2013	24.0 °C
2014	25.2 °C
2015	25.6 °C
2016	26.0 °C
2017	25.4 °C
2018	25.8 °C
2019	25.5 °C
2020	24.0 °C
2021	23.8 °C
2022	24.6 °C
2023	24.0 °C
2024	25.1 °C

What this means for you: Since 1948, Red Bank's last spring frost has come about 2 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 3 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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