NWS Wilmington, NC

Weather Forecast Office

McColl, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

McColl's average date for the last spring freeze is March 28

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Feb 27
5%	Mar 8
10%	Mar 12
25%	Mar 20
50%	Mar 28
75%	Apr 5
90%	Apr 13
95%	Apr 17
99%	Apr 26

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 25, 1946

Latest last spring freeze: April 24, 1986

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	0.2%
Feb 25	0.5%
Mar 1	1.3%
Mar 5	2.9%
Mar 10	6.8%
Mar 15	13.9%
Mar 20	24.8%
Mar 25	39.2%
Mar 30	55.2%
Apr 5	73.1%
Apr 10	84.7%
Apr 15	92.3%
Apr 20	96.7%
Apr 25	98.7%
Apr 30	99.6%
May 5	99.9%
May 10	100.0%

Since 1950, McColl has 9 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.

McColl's average date for the first fall freeze is November 1

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 5
5%	Oct 13
10%	Oct 17
25%	Oct 25
50%	Nov 1
75%	Nov 9
90%	Nov 16
95%	Nov 20
99%	Nov 29

Earliest first fall freeze: October 4, 1974

Latest first fall freeze: December 2, 1978

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	0.4%
Oct 5	1.0%
Oct 10	2.8%
Oct 15	6.9%
Oct 20	14.5%
Oct 25	26.2%
Nov 1	48.2%
Nov 5	61.6%
Nov 10	76.3%
Nov 15	87.3%
Nov 20	94.1%
Nov 25	97.6%
Nov 30	99.2%
Dec 5	99.8%
Dec 10	99.9%
Dec 15	100.0%
Dec 20	100.0%
Dec 25	100.0%
Dec 30	99.7%

Since 1950, McColl has 9 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

McColl's average growing season length is 217 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	254
5%	243
10%	237
25%	228
50%	217
75%	206
90%	196
95%	190
99%	179

Shortest growing season: 184 days in 1943

Longest growing season: 268 days in 1938

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	100.0%
170	99.8%
180	98.9%
190	95.2%
200	85.1%
210	66.2%
220	41.9%
225	30.3%
230	20.4%
235	12.7%
240	7.3%
245	3.9%
250	1.9%
255	0.9%
260	0.3%
270	0.0%
280	0.0%
290	0.0%
300	0.0%

Since 1950, McColl has 9 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: March 6, 2021