Columbia, SC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00013883, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 231 ft, 33.949, -81.119. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Mar 27	Nov 4
Earliest	Feb 21 (2012)	Oct 4 (1974)
Latest	Apr 24 (1986)	Dec 10 (1978)
Trend	1.7 days earlier per decade	1.5 days later per decade
Years with data	74	74

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

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)

First fall frost (32°F)

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

Year by year

Year	Last spring 32°F	First fall 32°F	Last spring 28°F	First fall 28°F
2024	Feb 25	Nov 30	Feb 20	Nov 30
2023	Mar 21	Nov 1	Jan 28	Nov 3
2022	Apr 10	Nov 17	Mar 13	Nov 18
2021	Apr 3	Nov 8	Mar 8	Nov 24
2020	Mar 8	Nov 3	Mar 1	Dec 2
2019	Apr 3	Nov 4	Mar 7	Dec 19
2018	Mar 23	Nov 22	Jan 31	Nov 28
2017	Mar 20	Nov 20	Mar 17	Dec 30
2016	Feb 28	Nov 20	Feb 14	Dec 10
2015	Mar 7	Nov 15	Mar 7	Dec 20
2014	Mar 27	Nov 3	Feb 1	Nov 18
2013	Mar 29	Oct 26	Mar 4	Nov 14
2012	Feb 21	Nov 1	Feb 13	Nov 25
2011	Mar 12	Oct 30	Feb 13	Dec 19
2010	Mar 8	Nov 7	Mar 7	Dec 2
2009	Apr 8	Nov 28	Mar 5	Dec 17
2008	Apr 16	Oct 29	Feb 28	Nov 19
2007	Apr 10	Nov 7	Apr 8	Nov 8
2006	Mar 27	Oct 24	Mar 27	Nov 4
2005	Mar 19	Nov 11	Mar 9	Nov 19
2004	Mar 24	Nov 10	Mar 11	Nov 15
2003	Mar 31	Nov 14	Feb 13	Nov 29
2002	Mar 23	Nov 18	Mar 23	Nov 28
2001	Mar 28	Oct 27	Mar 28	Oct 29
2000	Mar 14	Oct 10	Feb 22	Nov 22
1999	Mar 16	Oct 24	Mar 12	Nov 17
1998	Mar 23	Nov 7	Mar 13	Dec 18
1997	Apr 2	Nov 17	Feb 16	Nov 17
1996	Apr 11	Nov 3	Mar 23	Nov 11
1995	Mar 11	Nov 9	Mar 11	Nov 16
1994	Mar 17	Nov 23	Mar 12	Nov 24
1993	Apr 23	Nov 2	Mar 19	Nov 21
1992	Apr 6	Oct 20	Apr 3	Nov 17
1991	Mar 11	Nov 5	Feb 27	Nov 6
1990	Mar 21	Nov 18	Feb 27	Dec 1
1989	Apr 12	Oct 21	Feb 25	Nov 24
1988	Mar 18	Oct 14	Mar 17	Dec 2
1987	Apr 1	Oct 15	Apr 1	Oct 23
1986	Apr 24	Nov 14	Mar 23	Dec 6
1985	Mar 26	Nov 9	Mar 19	Dec 4
1984	Mar 31	Nov 7	Mar 12	Nov 7
1983	Apr 22	Nov 6	Apr 20	Nov 14
1982	Apr 24	Oct 27	Mar 9	Nov 6
1981	Mar 25	Oct 20	Mar 21	Nov 14
1980	Apr 6	Nov 12	Mar 15	Nov 12
1979	Mar 27	Oct 15	Feb 27	Nov 15
1978	Apr 22	Dec 10	Mar 18	Dec 10
1977	Mar 9	Oct 18	Mar 1	Nov 12
1976	Apr 10	Oct 22	Feb 10	Oct 29
1975	Mar 15	Nov 1	Mar 9	Nov 15
1974	Mar 18	Oct 4	Feb 27	Oct 22
1973	Apr 14	Nov 10	Mar 23	Nov 11
1972	Apr 10	Nov 18	Mar 26	Nov 24
1971	Apr 8	Nov 5	Mar 9	Nov 8
1970	Apr 3	Oct 18	Mar 17	Nov 17
1969	Mar 28	Nov 6	Mar 14	Nov 15
1968	Mar 26	Oct 27	Mar 14	Nov 14
1967	Mar 19	Oct 29	Mar 19	Nov 6
1966	Mar 29	Nov 3	Mar 29	Nov 4
1965	Mar 22	Oct 26	Mar 22	Oct 30
1964	Mar 31	Nov 22	Mar 31	Nov 23
1963	Mar 23	Nov 2	Mar 23	Nov 3
1962	Apr 21	Oct 25	Mar 18	Oct 27
1961	Mar 10	Oct 27	Feb 10	Oct 28
1960	Apr 11	Nov 4	Mar 23	Nov 8
1959	Mar 19	Nov 10	Mar 19	Nov 18
1958	Mar 22	Oct 29	Mar 16	Dec 1
1957	Mar 11	Oct 28	Mar 10	Nov 10
1956	Apr 21	Nov 10	Mar 21	Nov 19
1955	Mar 30	Nov 1	Mar 30	Nov 29
1954	Mar 22	Nov 1	Mar 22	Nov 3
1953	Apr 21	Nov 7	Feb 19	Nov 7
1952	Apr 7	Oct 21	Feb 18	Oct 22
1951	Mar 14	Nov 4	Feb 11	Nov 9

"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.