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Lake City, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

 

Lake City's average date for the last spring freeze is  March 23

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Feb 19
5% Feb 28
10% Mar 5
25% Mar 14
50% Mar 23
75% Apr 2
90% Apr 10
95% Apr 15
99% Apr 25

 

 

 

 

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 9, 1945

Latest last spring freeze: April 25, 1986

 

 

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Jan 25 0.0%
Feb 1 0.0%
Feb 5 0.0%
Feb 10 0.1%
Feb 15 0.4%
Feb 20 1.1%
Feb 25 2.7%
Mar 1 5.1%
Mar 5 8.8%
Mar 10 16.0%
Mar 15 26.3%
Mar 20 39.1%
Mar 25 53.2%
Mar 30 66.9%
Apr 5 80.7%
Apr 10 89.0%
Apr 15 94.3%
Apr 20 97.4%
Apr 25 98.9%
Apr 30 99.6%
May 5 99.9%
May 10 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Freeze probabilities for Lake City, SC

Observed spring freeze dates 1950-2020 in Lake City, SC

Since 1955, Lake City has 13 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.

 

 

 

Lake City's average date for the first fall freeze is  November 9

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Oct 12
5% Oct 20
10% Oct 25
25% Nov 1
50% Nov 9
75% Nov 17
90% Nov 25
95% Nov 29
99% Dec 7

 

 

 

 

Earliest first fall freeze: October 14, 1988

Latest first fall freeze: December 11, 1948

 

 

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Oct 1 0.1%
Oct 5 0.2%
Oct 10 0.6%
Oct 15 1.7%
Oct 20 4.4%
Oct 25 9.8%
Nov 1 23.7%
Nov 5 34.9%
Nov 10 51.0%
Nov 15 66.9%
Nov 20 80.2%
Nov 25 89.6%
Nov 30 95.3%
Dec 5 98.1%
Dec 10 99.4%
Dec 15 99.8%
Dec 20 99.9%
Dec 25 100.0%
Dec 30 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Freeze probabilities for Lake City, SC

Observed fall freeze dates 1950-2020 in Lake City, SC

Since 1955, Lake City has 13 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

 

 

 

Lake City's average growing season length is 230 days

 

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability Days
1% 273
5% 261
10% 254
25% 242
50% 230
75% 217
90% 206
95% 199
99% 186

 

 

 

 

Shortest growing season: 190 days in 1976

Longest growing season: 282 days in 1961

 

 

 

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days Probability
160 100.0%
170 99.9%
180 99.6%
190 98.3%
200 94.4%
210 85.5%
220 69.9%
225 60.1%
230 49.6%
235 39.1%
240 29.3%
245 20.9%
250 14.1%
255 9.0%
260 5.4%
270 1.6%
280 0.4%
290 0.1%
300 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Growing season length probabilities for Lake City, SC

Observed growing season lengths from 1950-2020 in Lake City, SC

Since 1955, Lake City has 13 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 & Vicky Oliva
Last Updated: September 17, 2026