Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Thunderstorms through the Weekend

Dry and windy conditions, and some dry thunderstorms and lightning, may support hazardous fire activity in the northern Plains, high southern Plains and the Southwest this weekend. An active severe weather pattern is forecast for portions of the central and southern High Plains into the Upper Midwest through early the part of next week. Damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes are possible. Read More >

The Autumnal Equinox
(official start of the Fall season)
September 22, 2025 at 2:19 pm EDT

Countdown... Leaves falling

Frost & Freeze Dates
The following tables show the dates that Columbia, SC and Augusta, GA have recorded their first, last, and average dates in which their minimum temperature has dropped either to or below 36, 32, or 28 degrees. The data for each site was compiled using the period of record from 1948-2014.

Minimum temperature of 36 degrees
	Columbia	Augusta
Average Date	October 25	October 24
Earliest Date	10/3/1974	9/30/1967
Latest Date	11/14/2003	11/30/1948

Minimum temperature of 32 degrees
	Columbia	Augusta
Average Date	November 3	November 6
Earliest Date	10/4/1974	10/10/2000
Latest Date	12/10/1978	12/20/1948

Minimum temperature of 28 degrees
	Columbia	Augusta
Average Date	November 16	November 17
Earliest Date	10/22/1952 & 1974	10/22/1974
Latest Date	12/19/2011	12/26/1948