Longwood, North Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

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Longwood's average date for the last spring freeze is March 29

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Feb 23
5%	Mar 5
10%	Mar 10
25%	Mar 19
50%	Mar 29
75%	Apr 8
90%	Apr 18
95%	Apr 23
99%	May 3

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 23, 2024

Latest last spring freeze: May 3, 1981

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	0.2%
Feb 20	0.6%
Feb 25	1.4%
Mar 1	2.7%
Mar 5	4.8%
Mar 10	9.2%
Mar 15	16.0%
Mar 20	25.5%
Mar 25	37.2%
Mar 30	50.4%
Apr 5	65.9%
Apr 10	77.2%
Apr 15	86.0%
Apr 20	92.1%
Apr 25	96.0%
Apr 30	98.1%
May 5	99.2%
May 10	99.7%

Since 1950, Longwood has 22 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.

Longwood's average date for the first fall freeze is November 4

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Sep 30
5%	Oct 10
10%	Oct 16
25%	Oct 25
50%	Nov 4
75%	Nov 15
90%	Nov 24
95%	Nov 30
99%	Dec 10

Earliest first fall freeze: October 4, 1974

Latest first fall freeze: December 4, 1985

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	1.1%
Oct 5	2.1%
Oct 10	4.5%
Oct 15	8.5%
Oct 20	14.9%
Oct 25	23.7%
Nov 1	39.9%
Nov 5	50.2%
Nov 10	63.1%
Nov 15	74.6%
Nov 20	83.9%
Nov 25	90.6%
Nov 30	95.0%
Dec 5	97.6%
Dec 10	98.9%
Dec 15	99.6%
Dec 20	99.8%
Dec 25	99.9%
Dec 30	100.0%

Since 1950, Longwood has 22 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

Longwood's average growing season length is 219 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	275
5%	259
10%	250
25%	235
50%	219
75%	203
90%	188
95%	179
99%	163

Shortest growing season: 153 days in 1981

Longest growing season: 272 days in 2024

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	99.3%
170	97.9%
180	94.8%
190	88.7%
200	78.6%
210	64.7%
220	48.5%
225	40.3%
230	32.5%
235	25.4%
240	19.2%
245	14.1%
250	9.9%
255	6.8%
260	4.5%
270	1.7%
280	0.6%
290	0.2%
300	0.0%

Since 1950, Longwood has 22 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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