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Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

 

Brookgreen Gardens's average date for the last spring freeze is  March 21

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Feb 8
5% Feb 20
10% Feb 26
25% Mar 9
50% Mar 21
75% Apr 2
90% Apr 13
95% Apr 19
99% May 1

 

 

 

 

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 8, 2000

Latest last spring freeze: May 8, 1989

 

 

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Jan 25 0.1%
Feb 1 0.3%
Feb 5 0.6%
Feb 10 1.3%
Feb 15 2.5%
Feb 20 4.7%
Feb 25 8.3%
Mar 1 12.3%
Mar 5 17.5%
Mar 10 25.7%
Mar 15 35.6%
Mar 20 46.6%
Mar 25 57.9%
Mar 30 68.5%
Apr 5 79.4%
Apr 10 86.5%
Apr 15 91.7%
Apr 20 95.3%
Apr 25 97.5%
Apr 30 98.7%
May 5 99.4%
May 10 99.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Freeze probabilities for BrookgreenGardens, SC

Observed spring freeze dates 1950-2020 in BrookgreenGardens, SC

Since 1950, Brookgreen Gardens has 10 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.

 

 

 

Brookgreen Gardens's average date for the first fall freeze is  November 15

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Oct 13
5% Oct 22
10% Oct 27
25% Nov 5
50% Nov 15
75% Nov 24
90% Dec 3
95% Dec 8
99% Dec 17

 

 

 

 

Earliest first fall freeze: October 14, 1988

Latest first fall freeze: December 21, 2001

 

 

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Oct 1 0.1%
Oct 5 0.2%
Oct 10 0.5%
Oct 15 1.4%
Oct 20 3.3%
Oct 25 6.9%
Nov 1 16.1%
Nov 5 24.0%
Nov 10 36.2%
Nov 15 50.0%
Nov 20 63.8%
Nov 25 76.0%
Nov 30 85.6%
Dec 5 92.2%
Dec 10 96.2%
Dec 15 98.3%
Dec 20 99.3%
Dec 25 99.8%
Dec 30 99.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Freeze probabilities for BrookgreenGardens, SC

Observed fall freeze dates 1950-2020 in BrookgreenGardens, SC

Since 1950, Brookgreen Gardens has 10 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

 

 

 

Brookgreen Gardens's average growing season length is 237 days

 

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability Days
1% 297
5% 279
10% 270
25% 254
50% 237
75% 219
90% 203
95% 194
99% 176

 

 

 

 

Shortest growing season: 190 days in 1962

Longest growing season: 286 days in 2000

 

 

 

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days Probability
160 99.8%
170 99.5%
180 98.6%
190 96.4%
200 92.2%
210 84.9%
220 74.0%
225 67.4%
230 60.2%
235 52.6%
240 44.9%
245 37.4%
250 30.4%
255 24.0%
260 18.4%
270 9.9%
280 4.7%
290 2.0%
300 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Growing season length probabilities for BrookgreenGardens, SC

Observed growing season lengths from 1950-2020 in BrookgreenGardens, SC

Since 1950, Brookgreen Gardens has 10 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in growing season length.  

 

 

 

Research and Page Author: Tim Armstrong
Last Updated: March 5, 2021