Surfside Beach, SC 29576 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Surfside Beach, SC, ZIP 29576
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 255 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Surfside Beach 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 Surfside Beach has about 12 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 Surfside Beach's last frost
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Surfside Beach compares
About 255 days separate Surfside Beach's last and first frost, putting it 6,923 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 75 of 519.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Surfside Beach's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Surfside Beach's dates instead of trusting one.