Surfside Beach, SC 29587 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Surfside Beach, SC, ZIP 29587
Around 03/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 197 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 255 frost-free days later.
Surfside Beach 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.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 6,924 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within SC, it ranks 76 of 519.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Surfside Beach's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Surfside Beach can differ from the 29587 normal.