Gilbert, SC 29054 Frost Dates
Gilbert, SC: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 229 days after the last spring frost.
Gilbert sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Gilbert'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
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gilbert against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 229 frost-free days, Gilbert places 10,645 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 344 of 519.
Learn more
Before leaning on 29054's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Gilbert's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Gilbert can differ from the 29054 normal.