Spring and Fall Freeze Climatology for Elizabethtown, NC

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Elizabethtown, North Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

Elizabethtown's average date for the last spring freeze is March 30

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Mar 2
5%	Mar 10
10%	Mar 14
25%	Mar 22
50%	Mar 30
75%	Apr 7
90%	Apr 14
95%	Apr 19
99%	Apr 27

Earliest last spring freeze: March 8, 2010

Latest last spring freeze: May 2, 1963

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	0.0%
Feb 20	0.1%
Feb 25	0.3%
Mar 1	0.7%
Mar 5	1.8%
Mar 10	4.5%
Mar 15	10.0%
Mar 20	19.3%
Mar 25	32.6%
Mar 30	48.5%
Apr 5	67.7%
Apr 10	80.9%
Apr 15	90.1%
Apr 20	95.5%
Apr 25	98.3%
Apr 30	99.4%
May 5	99.8%
May 10	100.0%

Since 1950, Elizabethtown has 28 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.

Elizabethtown's average date for the first fall freeze is November 3

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 5
5%	Oct 13
10%	Oct 18
25%	Oct 25
50%	Nov 3
75%	Nov 11
90%	Nov 18
95%	Nov 23
99%	Dec 1

Earliest first fall freeze: October 4, 1974

Latest first fall freeze: November 26, 1978

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	0.4%
Oct 5	0.9%
Oct 10	2.6%
Oct 15	6.2%
Oct 20	12.8%
Oct 25	23.2%
Nov 1	43.5%
Nov 5	56.4%
Nov 10	71.4%
Nov 15	83.4%
Nov 20	91.5%
Nov 25	96.2%
Nov 30	98.6%
Dec 5	99.5%
Dec 10	99.9%
Dec 15	100.0%
Dec 20	100.0%
Dec 25	100.0%
Dec 30	100.0%

Since 1950, Elizabethtown has 28 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

Elizabethtown's average growing season length is 215 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	254
5%	242
10%	236
25%	226
50%	215
75%	204
90%	194
95%	188
99%	176

Shortest growing season: 179 days in 1974

Longest growing season: 252 days in 1978

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	100.0%
170	99.7%
180	98.2%
190	93.4%
200	81.7%
210	61.9%
220	38.2%
225	27.5%
230	18.5%
235	11.6%
240	6.7%
245	3.6%
250	1.8%
255	0.8%
260	0.4%
270	0.0%
280	0.0%
290	0.0%
300	0.0%

Since 1950, Elizabethtown has 28 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 and Vicky Oliva
Last Updated: September 13, 2026

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