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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 19

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Feb 5
5% Feb 17
10% Feb 24
25% Mar 7
50% Mar 19
75% Mar 31
90% Apr 11
95% Apr 17
99% Apr 30

 

 

 

 

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 5, 2024

Latest last spring freeze: May 8, 1989

 

 

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Jan 25 0.2%
Feb 1 0.5%
Feb 5 1.0%
Feb 10 1.9%
Feb 15 3.7%
Feb 20 6.5%
Feb 25 10.8%
Mar 1 15.5%
Mar 5 21.4%
Mar 10 30.3%
Mar 15 40.6%
Mar 20 51.5%
Mar 25 62.4%
Mar 30 72.3%
Apr 5 82.3%
Apr 10 88.5%
Apr 15 93.1%
Apr 20 96.1%
Apr 25 97.9%
Apr 30 99.0%
May 5 99.5%
May 10 99.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Freeze probabilities for BrookgreenGardens, SC

Observed spring freeze dates 1950-2020 in BrookgreenGardens, SC

Since 1955, the date of Brookgreen Gardens' last spring freeze has shifted 4.7 days earlier per decade. 

 

 

 

Brookgreen Gardens's average date for the first fall freeze is  November 17

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Oct 17
5% Oct 26
10% Oct 30
25% Nov 8
50% Nov 17
75% Nov 26
90% Dec 4
95% Dec 8
99% Dec 18

 

 

 

 

Earliest first fall freeze: October 14, 1988

Latest first fall freeze: December 21, 2001

 

 

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Oct 1 0.0%
Oct 5 0.1%
Oct 10 0.2%
Oct 15 0.7%
Oct 20 1.8%
Oct 25 4.2%
Nov 1 11.4%
Nov 5 18.3%
Nov 10 29.8%
Nov 15 43.9%
Nov 20 58.8%
Nov 25 72.4%
Nov 30 83.4%
Dec 5 91.1%
Dec 10 95.7%
Dec 15 98.2%
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 1955, the date of Brookgreen Gardens' first fall freeze has shifted 3.3 days later per decade. 

 

 

 

Brookgreen Gardens's average growing season length is 241 days

 

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability Days
1% 300
5% 282
10% 273
25% 258
50% 241
75% 224
90% 208
95% 199
99% 182

 

 

 

 

Shortest growing season: 190 days in 1962

Longest growing season: 296 days in 2024

 

 

 

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days Probability
160 99.9%
170 99.7%
180 99.2%
190 97.8%
200 94.7%
210 88.8%
220 79.5%
225 73.4%
230 66.5%
235 59.0%
240 51.2%
245 43.4%
250 35.7%
255 28.7%
260 22.3%
270 12.4%
280 6.0%
290 2.6%
300 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Growing season length probabilities for BrookgreenGardens, SC

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

Since 1955, Brookgreen Gardens' growing season has become 7.8 days longer per decade. 

 

 

 

Research and Page Author: Tim Armstrong & Vicky Oliva
Last Updated: September 17, 2026