Last Frost Day

Frost history / Lake City 2 Se, SC

Lake City 2 Se, SC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00384886, 1951 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 75 ft, 33.864, -79.730. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 23Nov 7
EarliestFeb 24 (1973)Oct 14 (1988)
LatestApr 25 (1986)Dec 3 (1985)
Trend0.5 days later per decade0.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data3637

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 20.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 301960197019801990200020101951: Mar 151954: Mar 161955: Mar 301956: Mar 251960: Mar 241963: Mar 231964: Apr 11965: Mar 221966: Mar 291967: Mar 201968: Mar 251969: Mar 141970: Mar 181971: Mar 261972: Apr 101973: Feb 241974: Mar 151976: Apr 111978: Mar 181979: Mar 131981: Mar 261983: Apr 211984: Mar 131985: Apr 111986: Apr 251987: Apr 21988: Mar 181989: Apr 131990: Mar 221993: Mar 201994: Mar 182002: Mar 232012: Mar 72013: Mar 302014: Mar 282018: Mar 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 111960197019801990200020101953: Nov 71954: Nov 31955: Nov 51959: Nov 181961: Nov 211965: Oct 251966: Nov 31967: Nov 61968: Nov 111969: Nov 151972: Nov 231974: Oct 221975: Nov 151976: Oct 191980: Nov 131981: Oct 201982: Nov 61983: Nov 71984: Nov 81985: Dec 31986: Nov 141987: Oct 231988: Oct 141989: Nov 171990: Nov 191992: Nov 161993: Nov 21995: Nov 92001: Oct 292006: Oct 262008: Oct 282010: Nov 82011: Oct 302012: Nov 92013: Oct 262014: Nov 32015: Nov 24

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
2018Mar 24no dataMar 16no data
2015no dataNov 24no datanone
2014Mar 28Nov 3Mar 14Nov 15
2013Mar 30Oct 26Mar 4Nov 14
2012Mar 7Nov 9Feb 14Nov 25
2011no dataOct 30no dataNov 12
2010no dataNov 8no dataDec 2
2008no dataOct 28no dataNov 19
2006no dataOct 26no dataDec 5
2002Mar 23no dataMar 23no data
2001no dataOct 29no dataNov 22
1995no dataNov 9no dataDec 8
1994Mar 18no dataFeb 28no data
1993Mar 20Nov 2Mar 16Dec 12
1992no dataNov 16no dataNov 17
1990Mar 22Nov 19Feb 28Dec 5
1989Apr 13Nov 17Feb 26Nov 20
1988Mar 18Oct 14Mar 18Oct 15
1987Apr 2Oct 23Mar 13Nov 7
1986Apr 25Nov 14Mar 24Nov 15
1985Apr 11Dec 3Apr 11Dec 4
1984Mar 13Nov 8Mar 3Nov 13
1983Apr 21Nov 7Apr 21Dec 8
1982no dataNov 6no dataDec 13
1981Mar 26Oct 20Mar 22Nov 14
1980no dataNov 13no dataNov 22
1979Mar 13no dataFeb 21no data
1978Mar 18no dataMar 18no data
1976Apr 11Oct 19Feb 9Oct 29
1975no dataNov 15no dataDec 11
1974Mar 15Oct 22Feb 28Nov 27
1973Feb 24no dataFeb 19no data
1972Apr 10Nov 23Feb 22Nov 24
1971Mar 26no dataMar 6no data
1970Mar 18no dataFeb 28no data
1969Mar 14Nov 15Mar 14Nov 15
1968Mar 25Nov 11Mar 14Nov 20
1967Mar 20Nov 6Mar 20Nov 8
1966Mar 29Nov 3Mar 9Nov 4
1965Mar 22Oct 25Mar 22Nov 18
1964Apr 1no dataApr 1no data
1963Mar 23no dataFeb 27no data
1961no dataNov 21no dataNov 21
1960Mar 24no dataMar 21no data
1959no dataNov 18no dataNov 19
1956Mar 25no dataJan 27no data
1955Mar 30Nov 5Mar 27Nov 29
1954Mar 16Nov 3Mar 7Nov 3
1953no dataNov 7no dataNov 29
1951Mar 15no dataFeb 11no data

"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.