Last Frost Day

Frost history / Caesars Head, SC

Caesars Head, SC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00381256, 1968 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,200 ft, 35.107, -82.626. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 10Nov 1
EarliestMar 8 (2020)Oct 13 (1988)
LatestMay 10 (1977)Nov 23 (2015)
Trend0.5 days earlier per decade2.3 days later per decade
Years with data4444

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 31 and the median first fall date is Nov 8.

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 151970198019902000201020201968: Mar 251969: Mar 311970: Apr 61971: Apr 71972: Apr 91973: Apr 121974: Apr 101976: Apr 101977: May 101978: Apr 221979: Apr 101980: Apr 301981: Mar 241982: Apr 101983: Apr 211984: Mar 311985: Apr 101988: Apr 131989: Apr 121990: Apr 181991: Mar 311992: May 81993: Apr 231994: Apr 21995: Mar 111996: Apr 111997: Apr 191998: Mar 241999: Mar 282004: Apr 292005: Apr 252013: Apr 52014: Apr 182015: Mar 302016: Apr 112017: Mar 242018: Apr 182019: Apr 42020: Mar 82021: Apr 232022: Apr 192023: Apr 102024: Apr 72025: Apr 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 111970198019902000201020201968: Oct 261969: Oct 241970: Oct 221971: Nov 71972: Oct 191973: Nov 61975: Oct 301976: Oct 181977: Oct 141978: Oct 151979: Oct 141980: Oct 261981: Oct 191982: Nov 51983: Nov 51984: Nov 71986: Nov 111988: Oct 131989: Oct 201990: Oct 201991: Nov 31992: Nov 61993: Oct 311994: Nov 231995: Nov 41996: Nov 41997: Oct 281998: Nov 71999: Nov 32002: Nov 32003: Nov 102013: Oct 242014: Nov 12015: Nov 232016: Nov 202017: Oct 302018: Oct 212019: Nov 12020: Nov 22021: Nov 52022: Oct 182023: Nov 12024: Nov 222025: Nov 10

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
2025Apr 10Nov 10Mar 22Nov 10
2024Apr 7Nov 22Mar 20Nov 22
2023Apr 10Nov 1Mar 23Nov 1
2022Apr 19Oct 18Mar 28Oct 18
2021Apr 23Nov 5Apr 23Nov 20
2020Mar 8Nov 2Mar 8Dec 1
2019Apr 4Nov 1Apr 2Nov 1
2018Apr 18Oct 21Apr 17Nov 10
2017Mar 24Oct 30Mar 17Oct 30
2016Apr 11Nov 20Apr 10Nov 20
2015Mar 30Nov 23Mar 29Nov 23
2014Apr 18Nov 1Apr 17Nov 1
2013Apr 5Oct 24Mar 30Oct 25
2005Apr 25no dataApr 25no data
2004Apr 29no dataApr 29no data
2003no dataNov 10no dataNov 14
2002no dataNov 3no dataNov 18
1999Mar 28Nov 3Mar 12Nov 3
1998Mar 24Nov 7Mar 14Dec 18
1997Apr 19Oct 28Apr 19Nov 16
1996Apr 11Nov 4Apr 11Nov 4
1995Mar 11Nov 4Mar 11Nov 4
1994Apr 2Nov 23Mar 18Nov 24
1993Apr 23Oct 31Apr 4Nov 1
1992May 8Nov 6Apr 4Nov 8
1991Mar 31Nov 3Mar 10Nov 4
1990Apr 18Oct 20Apr 7Nov 30
1989Apr 12Oct 20Mar 10Oct 20
1988Apr 13Oct 13Mar 20Nov 29
1986no dataNov 11no dataNov 13
1985Apr 10no dataApr 10no data
1984Mar 31Nov 7Mar 31Nov 12
1983Apr 21Nov 5Apr 20Nov 5
1982Apr 10Nov 5Apr 10Nov 5
1981Mar 24Oct 19Mar 22Oct 24
1980Apr 30Oct 26Mar 14Nov 19
1979Apr 10Oct 14Apr 10Nov 14
1978Apr 22Oct 15Apr 22Dec 10
1977May 10Oct 14Apr 6Oct 18
1976Apr 10Oct 18Mar 17Oct 29
1975no dataOct 30no dataNov 14
1974Apr 10no dataApr 6no data
1973Apr 12Nov 6Apr 11Nov 10
1972Apr 9Oct 19Apr 9Oct 20
1971Apr 7Nov 7Mar 31Nov 8
1970Apr 6Oct 22Mar 27Nov 4
1969Mar 31Oct 24Mar 31Oct 24
1968Mar 25Oct 26Mar 24Oct 30

"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.