Spring and Fall Freeze Climatology for Elizabethtown, NC

Elizabethtown, North Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

Elizabethtown's average date for the last spring freeze is March 31

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Mar 1
5%	Mar 10
10%	Mar 15
25%	Mar 22
50%	Mar 31
75%	Apr 9
90%	Apr 17
95%	Apr 21
99%	Apr 30

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	0.4%
Mar 1	0.9%
Mar 5	1.9%
Mar 10	4.6%
Mar 15	9.7%
Mar 20	18.2%
Mar 25	30.2%
Mar 30	44.8%
Apr 5	63.2%
Apr 10	76.6%
Apr 15	86.8%
Apr 20	93.4%
Apr 25	97.1%
Apr 30	98.9%
May 5	99.6%
May 10	99.9%

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 2

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 5
5%	Oct 13
10%	Oct 18
25%	Oct 25
50%	Nov 2
75%	Nov 11
90%	Nov 18
95%	Nov 22
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	0.3%
Oct 5	0.9%
Oct 10	2.5%
Oct 15	6.0%
Oct 20	12.7%
Oct 25	23.3%
Nov 1	43.9%
Nov 5	57.0%
Nov 10	72.1%
Nov 15	84.1%
Nov 20	92.1%
Nov 25	96.6%
Nov 30	98.7%
Dec 5	99.6%
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 214 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	254
5%	242
10%	236
25%	226
50%	214
75%	202
90%	192
95%	185
99%	173

Shortest growing season: 179 days in 1974

Longest growing season: 252 days in 1978

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	99.9%
170	99.4%
180	97.4%
190	91.5%
200	78.7%
210	58.7%
220	36.0%
225	25.9%
230	17.5%
235	11.1%
240	6.6%
245	3.6%
250	1.9%
255	0.9%
260	0.4%
270	0.1%
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
Last Updated: February 28, 2021