Moncks Corner, SC 29469 Frost Dates
29469, near Moncks Corner, SC: the frost window
Around 03/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 206 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 238 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moncks Corner in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Moncks Corner's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Moncks Corner against the rest of the dataset
About 238 days separate Moncks Corner's last and first frost, putting it 8,957 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 214 of 519.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 29469: local microclimates, on what one yard in Moncks Corner can differ from the 29469 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Moncks Corner's frost date answer different questions.