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North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

 

North Myrtle Beach's average date for the last spring freeze is  March 15

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Feb 8
5% Feb 18
10% Feb 24
25% Mar 5
50% Mar 15
75% Mar 25
90% Apr 3
95% Apr 8
99% Apr 18

 

 

 

 

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 9, 1945

Latest last spring freeze: April 22, 1943

 

 

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Jan 25 0.0%
Feb 1 0.2%
Feb 5 0.5%
Feb 10 1.3%
Feb 15 3.0%
Feb 20 6.1%
Feb 25 11.2%
Mar 1 17.2%
Mar 5 24.8%
Mar 10 35.6%
Mar 15 49.6%
Mar 20 62.7%
Mar 25 74.5%
Mar 30 84.0%
Apr 5 91.9%
Apr 10 95.8%
Apr 15 98.1%
Apr 20 99.2%
Apr 25 99.7%
Apr 30 99.9%
May 5 100.0%
May 10 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Freeze probabilities for North Myrtle Beach, SC

Observed spring freeze dates 1950-2020 in North Myrtle Beach, SC

Since 1950, North Myrtle Beach has 20 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.

 

 

 

North Myrtle Beach's average date for the first fall freeze is  November 16

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Oct 18
5% Oct 27
10% Oct 31
25% Nov 8
50% Nov 16
75% Nov 25
90% Dec 2
95% Dec 7
99% Dec 15

 

 

 

 

Earliest first fall freeze: October 26, 1962

Latest first fall freeze: December 22, 1948

 

 

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Oct 1 0.0%
Oct 5 0.0%
Oct 10 0.1%
Oct 15 0.4%
Oct 20 1.3%
Oct 25 3.5%
Nov 1 10.5%
Nov 5 17.5%
Nov 10 29.7%
Nov 15 44.7%
Nov 20 60.5%
Nov 25 74.7%
Nov 30 85.7%
Dec 5 92.9%
Dec 10 96.9%
Dec 15 98.9%
Dec 20 99.6%
Dec 25 99.9%
Dec 30 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Freeze probabilities for North Myrtle Beach, SC

Observed fall freeze dates 1950-2020 in North Myrtle Beach, SC

Since 1950, North Myrtle Beach has 20 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

 

 

 

North Myrtle Beach's average growing season length is 245 days

 

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability Days
1% 298
5% 282
10% 274
25% 260
50% 245
75% 230
90% 216
95% 208
99% 192

 

 

 

 

Shortest growing season: 191 days in 2001

Longest growing season: 286 days in 2009

 

 

 

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days Probability
160 100.0%
170 100.0%
180 99.8%
190 99.2%
200 97.6%
210 93.8%
220 86.3%
225 80.9%
230 74.4%
235 66.8%
240 58.4%
245 49.7%
250 41.0%
255 32.7%
260 25.1%
270 13.3%
280 6.0%
290 2.3%
300 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Growing season length probabilities for North Myrtle Beach, SC

Observed growing season lengths from 1950-2020 in North Myrtle Beach, SC

Since 1950, North Myrtle Beach has 20 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 4, 2021