Don’t be tempted to plant in South Carolina: We aren’t done with the cold.
GREENVILLE, S.C. —
This week saw temperatures skyrocket, producing the warmest day of the year (so far) in 2024.
On Thursday it reached 81 degrees at the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.
This may have you setting your sights on getting seeds planted and a garden going or perhaps a checklist of yard work to dive into next week.
But wait. Changes are coming.
The first day of spring is Tuesday. The vernal equinox officially takes place at 11:06 p.m. ushering in a brand-new season. But the first day of spring will be colder than average as we start the morning off freezing with daytime highs in the 50s. Perhaps this isn’t what you were hoping for, but it isn’t all that unusual.
Just last year, GSP recorded a 26-degree overnight low on the first day of spring, with highs reaching only 54 degrees.
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In fact, in the last five years at GSP, only two overnight lows were out of frost and freeze range, with daytime highs registering above normal. This was back in 2020 and 2022. In fact, more times than not the first few days of spring are colder than average, but within a week’s time, we see temperatures soar back to above normal.
This is why when it comes to planting a garden, we often remind people to wait until the first week of April for the Upstate and the second week for the mountains. This is not set in stone, but a good rule of thumb is to at least wait this long no matter what the weather is doing outside your home before then.
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