Frost/Freeze in South Carolina
Every frost/freeze event the National Weather Service has filed in South Carolina, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
The most significant on the map
The most significant frost/freeze episodes in South Carolina.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 40
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $36 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Frost and Freeze in South Carolina, April 8, 2007An early spring hard freeze saw temperatures fall to the upper teens and lower 20s across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia on the morning of the 8th. This resulted in massive agricultural losses across the region.
- Frost and Freeze in South Carolina, March 27, 2004A late freeze caused considerable damage to the Upstate's peach crop, as well as to other fruit crops. Some orchards suffered up to a 50% loss.
- Frost and Freeze in South Carolina, April 8, 2007A late season cold snap produced widespread frost and freezing temperatures across much of South Carolina. Overall damage to the state was at least a 100 million dollar loss due to damaged fruit and vegetable plants.
- Frost and Freeze in South Carolina, December 25, 2022Arctic high pressure entrenched across the Southeast United States led to an extended period of sub-freezing temperatures across Southeast South Carolina.
- Frost and Freeze in South Carolina, February 8, 2002Wet pavement, resulting from precipitation the previous day, froze during the early morning hours, causing numerous traffic accidents. Some of the accidents were quite serious, causing injuries and at least one fatality.
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Frost/Freeze everywhereEvery kind of event in South Carolina
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.