Darlington, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

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Darlington, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

Darlington's average date for the last spring freeze is March 24

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Feb 22
5%	Mar 3
10%	Mar 8
25%	Mar 15
50%	Mar 24
75%	Apr 1
90%	Apr 9
95%	Apr 14
99%	Apr 22

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 23, 2024

Latest last spring freeze: April 24, 1982

Spring freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Jan 25	0.0%
Feb 1	0.0%
Feb 5	0.0%
Feb 10	0.0%
Feb 15	0.2%
Feb 20	0.5%
Feb 25	1.6%
Mar 1	3.3%
Mar 5	6.4%
Mar 10	12.9%
Mar 15	23.1%
Mar 20	36.5%
Mar 25	51.9%
Mar 30	67.0%
Apr 5	81.9%
Apr 10	90.4%
Apr 15	95.5%
Apr 20	98.2%
Apr 25	99.3%
Apr 30	99.8%
May 5	99.9%
May 10	100.0%

Since 1955, the date of Darlington's last spring freeze has shifted 1.3 days earlier per decade.

Darlington's average date for the first fall freeze is November 6

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 7
5%	Oct 16
10%	Oct 21
25%	Oct 28
50%	Nov 6
75%	Nov 14
90%	Nov 22
95%	Nov 27
99%	Dec 5

Earliest first fall freeze: October 4, 1974

Latest first fall freeze: December 2, 1978

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	0.2%
Oct 5	0.5%
Oct 10	1.5%
Oct 15	3.8%
Oct 20	8.5%
Oct 25	16.4%
Nov 1	33.6%
Nov 5	45.7%
Nov 10	61.4%
Nov 15	75.3%
Nov 20	86.0%
Nov 25	93.0%
Nov 30	96.9%
Dec 5	98.8%
Dec 10	99.6%
Dec 15	99.9%
Dec 20	100.0%
Dec 25	100.0%
Dec 30	100.0%

Since 1950, the date of Darlington's first fall freeze has shifted 2.0 days later per decade.

Darlington's average growing season length is 226 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	273
5%	259
10%	252
25%	240
50%	226
75%	212
90%	200
95%	193
99%	179

Shortest growing season: 179 days in 1974

Longest growing season: 273 days in 2024

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	99.9%
170	99.7%
180	98.9%
190	96.3%
200	90.2%
210	78.7%
220	61.9%
225	52.1%
230	42.3%
235	32.9%
240	24.5%
245	17.4%
250	11.8%
255	7.6%
260	4.6%
270	1.5%
280	0.4%
290	0.1%
300	0.0%

Since 1950, Darlington's growing season has become 3.4 days longer per decade.

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

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