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Conway, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

 

Conway's average date for the last spring freeze is  March 15

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Feb 6
5% Feb 17
10% Feb 22
25% Mar 4
50% Mar 15
75% Mar 25
90% Apr 4
95% Apr 10
99% Apr 21

 

 

 

 

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 7, 2000

Latest last spring freeze: April 26, 1911

 

 

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Jan 25 0.1%
Feb 1 0.4%
Feb 5 0.8%
Feb 10 1.8%
Feb 15 3.7%
Feb 20 7.1%
Feb 25 12.4%
Mar 1 18.4%
Mar 5 25.8%
Mar 10 37.0%
Mar 15 49.3%
Mar 20 61.8%
Mar 25 73.1%
Mar 30 82.4%
Apr 5 90.5%
Apr 10 94.8%
Apr 15 97.4%
Apr 20 98.8%
Apr 25 99.5%
Apr 30 99.8%
May 5 99.9%
May 10 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Freeze probabilities for Conway, SC

Observed spring freeze dates 1950-2020 in Conway, SC

Since 1950, the date of Conway's last spring freeze has shifted 1.7 days earlier per decade  

 

 

 

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

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Oct 12
5% Oct 22
10% Oct 28
25% Nov 6
50% Nov 17
75% Nov 27
90% Dec 6
95% Dec 12
99% Dec 22

 

 

 

 

Earliest first fall freeze: October 4, 2003

Latest first fall freeze: December 21, 2009

 

 

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Oct 1 0.1%
Oct 5 0.3%
Oct 10 0.7%
Oct 15 1.6%
Oct 20 3.5%
Oct 25 6.8%
Nov 1 14.9%
Nov 5 21.7%
Nov 10 32.4%
Nov 15 44.7%
Nov 20 57.6%
Nov 25 69.7%
Nov 30 80.0%
Dec 5 87.8%
Dec 10 93.2%
Dec 15 96.5%
Dec 20 98.4%
Dec 25 99.3%
Dec 30 99.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Freeze probabilities for Conway, SC

Observed fall freeze dates 1950-2020 in Conway, SC

Since 1950, the date of Conway's first fall freeze has shifted 2.3 days later per decade

 

 

 

Conway's average growing season length is 245 days

 

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability Days
1% 296
5% 281
10% 273
25% 260
50% 245
75% 230
90% 217
95% 209
99% 194

 

 

 

 

Shortest growing season: 184 days in 1976

Longest growing season: 289 days in 2009

 

 

 

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days Probability
160 100.0%
170 100.0%
180 99.8%
190 99.4%
200 98.0%
210 94.5%
220 87.4%
225 82.1%
230 75.6%
235 67.9%
240 59.4%
245 50.5%
250 41.5%
255 32.9%
260 25.1%
270 13.0%
280 5.7%
290 2.1%
300 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Growing season length probabilities for Conway, SC

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

Since 1950, Conway's growing season has become 3.8 days longer per decade.   

 

 

 

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