Gifford, SC 29923 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gifford, SC?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 233 frost-free days later.
Gifford 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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Gifford before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gifford's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gifford compares
Gifford's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,980 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within SC, it ranks 299 of 519.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Gifford's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Gifford's dates instead of trusting one.