Goose Creek, SC 29445 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Goose Creek, SC, ZIP 29445
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Goose Creek in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b 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 5,915 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within SC, it ranks 46 of 519.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Goose Creek can differ from the 29445 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Goose Creek's frost date answer different questions.