Severe Freeze Alert: Coldest Morning of the Season Hits South Carolina and Georgia as Temperatures Plunge

Severe Freeze Alert: Coldest Morning of the Season Hits South Carolina and Georgia as Temperatures Plunge

A Freeze Warning brought the coldest morning of the season to southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia on Sunday, Nov. 15, with the lowest reading at 26 degrees.

The National Weather Service in Charleston says quite a few locations dropped into the upper 20s. The lowest temperature in the forecast area was 26 degrees at the SCDNR Webb Wildlife Center.

NWS Charleston’s Freeze Warning and Frost Advisory map for Sunday morning, issued Nov. 14. Credit: NWS Charleston

The Freeze Warning and Frost Advisory

The Freeze Warning covered inland portions of southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia from Saturday night into Sunday morning. Forecasters expected temperatures of 32 or lower, as low as 29.

Frost Advisories covered most coastal counties, with scattered to widespread frost and lows of 33 to 34.

Late Saturday, NWS expanded the Freeze Warning to include inland Bryan, inland Liberty and Long counties in Georgia. The Frost Advisory was expanded to include coastal Jasper County in South Carolina.

Source: NWS Charleston on X

Frost and freeze impacts

NWS warned that frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Cities in the map area include Charleston, Beaufort, Savannah, Walterboro, Allendale, Hinesville and Ludowici.

Source: NWS Charleston on X

Growing season is over

NWS Charleston says the growing season is over. Freeze Warnings and Frost Advisories are discontinued until March 1, 2027.

The warning came after an earlier Frost Advisory inland from 2 AM to 8 AM Saturday.

Source: NWS Charleston on X

NWS Charleston map of observed low temperatures across southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia on Sunday morning, with many readings in the upper 20s
NWS Charleston’s map of Sunday morning low temperatures across the…

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