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Lumberton, North Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

 

Lumberton's average date for the last spring freeze is  April 4

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Feb 28
5% Mar 10
10% Mar 15
25% Mar 25
50% Apr 4
75% Apr 14
90% Apr 23
95% Apr 29
99% May 9

 

 

 

 

Earliest last spring freeze: February 24, 1903

Latest last spring freeze: May 10, 1980

 

 

 

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 0.1%
Feb 20 0.2%
Feb 25 0.6%
Mar 1 1.2%
Mar 5 2.3%
Mar 10 4.8%
Mar 15 9.1%
Mar 20 15.7%
Mar 25 25.0%
Mar 30 36.6%
Apr 5 52.1%
Apr 10 65.0%
Apr 15 76.3%
Apr 20 85.2%
Apr 25 91.6%
Apr 30 95.6%
May 5 97.9%
May 10 99.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Freeze probabilities for Lumberton, NC

Observed spring freeze dates 1950-2020 in Lumberton, NC

Since 1950, the date of  Lumberton's last spring freeze has shifted 1.3 days earlier per decade

 

 

 

Lumberton's average date for the first fall freeze is  October 29

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Sep 28
5% Oct 7
10% Oct 12
25% Oct 20
50% Oct 29
75% Nov 7
90% Nov 15
95% Nov 20
99% Nov 29

 

 

 

 

Earliest first fall freeze: October 3, 1981

Latest first fall freeze: December 1, 1948

 

 

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Oct 1 1.6%
Oct 5 3.2%
Oct 10 7.0%
Oct 15 13.5%
Oct 20 23.2%
Oct 25 36.0%
Nov 1 56.5%
Nov 5 67.8%
Nov 10 79.8%
Nov 15 88.7%
Nov 20 94.3%
Nov 25 97.5%
Nov 30 99.0%
Dec 5 99.7%
Dec 10 99.9%
Dec 15 100.0%
Dec 20 100.0%
Dec 25 100.0%
Dec 30 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Freeze probabilities for Lumberton, NC

Observed fall freeze dates 1950-2020 in Lumberton, NC

Since 1950, the date of  Lumberton's first fall freeze has shifted 1.8 days later per decade

 

 

 

Lumberton's average growing season length is  208 days

 

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability Days
1% 259
5% 244
10% 236
25% 223
50% 208
75% 193
90% 180
95% 172
99% 157

 

 

 

 

Shortest growing season: 168 days in 1980

Longest growing season: 261 days in 1946

 

 

 

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days Probability
160 98.6%
170 95.9%
180 90.0%
190 79.6%
200 64.6%
210 46.8%
220 29.6%
225 22.3%
230 16.1%
235 11.2%
240 7.4%
245 4.7%
250 2.9%
255 1.7%
260 0.9%
270 0.2%
280 0.1%
290 0.0%
300 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Growing season length probabilities for Lumberton, NC

Observed growing season lengths from 1950-2020 in Lumberton, NC

Since 1950, Lumberton's growing season has become 3.2 days longer per decade

 

 

 

Research and Page Author: Tim Armstrong
Last Updated: February 28, 2021