Goose Creek, SC 29423 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Goose Creek, SC, ZIP 29423
Around 03/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 191 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 266 frost-free days later.
Goose Creek sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Goose Creek has about 13 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Goose Creek's last frost
03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Goose Creek compares
At roughly 266 frost-free days, Goose Creek places 5,914 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 45 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Goose Creek's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Goose Creek can differ from the 29423 normal.