Last Frost Day

Frost history / Bishopville 1ENE, SC

Bishopville 1ENE, SC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00380736, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 203 ft, 34.211, -80.230. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 28Nov 4
EarliestMar 8 (2025)Oct 17 (1977)
LatestMay 9 (1989)Dec 3 (1985)
Trend1.8 days earlier per decade1.2 days later per decade
Years with data4141

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 17 and the median first fall date is Nov 12.

The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 1519601970198019902000201020201951: Mar 271952: Mar 171953: Apr 211956: Mar 251959: Mar 201960: Apr 121961: Mar 111962: Apr 161963: Apr 161964: Apr 11965: Mar 231966: Mar 301967: Mar 201968: Mar 251969: Mar 281970: Apr 31971: Apr 81972: Apr 101973: Apr 121974: Apr 111975: Apr 61976: Apr 101977: Mar 241978: Mar 191979: Mar 271980: Mar 161981: Mar 251982: Apr 81983: Apr 211984: Mar 121985: Apr 101986: Apr 231987: Apr 61988: Mar 181989: May 91991: Mar 121994: Mar 181995: Apr 42009: Mar 222024: Mar 122025: Mar 8

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 41952: Oct 211953: Nov 71955: Oct 261959: Nov 181960: Nov 71961: Oct 281962: Oct 251963: Oct 301964: Nov 221965: Oct 261966: Nov 31967: Nov 51968: Oct 291969: Nov 61970: Oct 181971: Nov 81972: Oct 201973: Nov 101975: Nov 151976: Oct 221977: Oct 171978: Nov 251979: Nov 151980: Oct 261981: Oct 201982: Nov 61983: Nov 61984: Nov 71985: Dec 31986: Nov 141987: Oct 221990: Nov 191991: Nov 41993: Oct 291994: Oct 282008: Oct 292009: Nov 62023: Nov 22024: Nov 222025: Nov 11

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2025Mar 8Nov 11Mar 4Nov 12
2024Mar 12Nov 22Feb 9Dec 1
2023no dataNov 2no dataNov 3
2009Mar 22Nov 6Mar 5Dec 6
2008no dataOct 29no dataNov 19
1995Apr 4no dataMar 12no data
1994Mar 18Oct 28Mar 18Nov 24
1993no dataOct 29no dataNov 2
1991Mar 12Nov 4Feb 27Nov 6
1990no dataNov 19no dataNov 30
1989May 9no dataMar 9no data
1988Mar 18no dataMar 17no data
1987Apr 6Oct 22Apr 1Oct 22
1986Apr 23Nov 14Mar 23Nov 14
1985Apr 10Dec 3Mar 20Dec 3
1984Mar 12Nov 7Mar 11Nov 13
1983Apr 21Nov 6Apr 20Nov 14
1982Apr 8Nov 6Apr 8Dec 13
1981Mar 25Oct 20Mar 21Nov 8
1980Mar 16Oct 26Mar 15Nov 12
1979Mar 27Nov 15Feb 21Nov 15
1978Mar 19Nov 25Mar 19Dec 10
1977Mar 24Oct 17Mar 1Nov 12
1976Apr 10Oct 22Apr 10Oct 29
1975Apr 6Nov 15Mar 9Nov 15
1974Apr 11no dataMar 18no data
1973Apr 12Nov 10Mar 24Nov 11
1972Apr 10Oct 20Apr 9Nov 24
1971Apr 8Nov 8Mar 31Nov 8
1970Apr 3Oct 18Mar 17Nov 17
1969Mar 28Nov 6Mar 15Nov 15
1968Mar 25Oct 29Mar 15Nov 14
1967Mar 20Nov 5Mar 20Nov 7
1966Mar 30Nov 3Mar 25Nov 4
1965Mar 23Oct 26Mar 23Oct 30
1964Apr 1Nov 22Apr 1Nov 23
1963Apr 16Oct 30Mar 23Nov 3
1962Apr 16Oct 25Mar 9Oct 26
1961Mar 11Oct 28Feb 12Nov 9
1960Apr 12Nov 7Mar 24Nov 8
1959Mar 20Nov 18Feb 23Nov 18
1956Mar 25no dataMar 25no data
1955no dataOct 26no dataNov 5
1953Apr 21Nov 7Feb 19Nov 7
1952Mar 17Oct 21Feb 18Oct 22
1951Mar 27Nov 4Feb 13Nov 8

"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.