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Southport, North Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

 

Southport's average date for the last spring freeze is  March 26

 

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Feb 24
5% Mar 5
10% Mar 9
25% Mar 17
50% Mar 26
75% Apr 3
90% Apr 11
95% Apr 16
99% Apr 25

 

 

 

 

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 2, 1945

Latest last spring freeze: April 20, 1926

 

 

 

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 0.4%
Feb 25 1.2%
Mar 1 2.5%
Mar 5 5.0%
Mar 10 10.4%
Mar 15 19.3%
Mar 20 31.6%
Mar 25 46.5%
Mar 30 61.8%
Apr 5 77.9%
Apr 10 87.6%
Apr 15 93.9%
Apr 20 97.4%
Apr 25 99.0%
Apr 30 99.7%
May 5 99.9%
May 10 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Freeze probabilities for Southport, NC

Observed spring freeze dates 1950-2020 in Southport, NC

Since 1950, Southport has 15 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.  

 

 

 

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

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability Date
1% Oct 6
5% Oct 16
10% Oct 21
25% Oct 30
50% Nov 9
75% Nov 19
90% Nov 29
95% Dec 4
99% Dec 14

 

 

 

 

Earliest first fall freeze: October 10, 2000

Latest first fall freeze: January 10, 1946

 

 

 

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date Probability
Oct 1 0.4%
Oct 5 0.8%
Oct 10 1.9%
Oct 15 4.1%
Oct 20 8.0%
Oct 25 14.3%
Nov 1 27.5%
Nov 5 37.1%
Nov 10 50.3%
Nov 15 63.4%
Nov 20 75.1%
Nov 25 84.4%
Nov 30 91.1%
Dec 5 95.4%
Dec 10 97.8%
Dec 15 99.1%
Dec 20 99.6%
Dec 25 99.9%
Dec 30 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Freeze probabilities for Southport, NC

Observed fall freeze dates 1950-2020 in Southport, NC

Since 1950, Southport has 15 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

 

 

 

Southport's average growing season length is 227 days

 

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability Days
1% 267
5% 256
10% 249
25% 239
50% 227
75% 216
90% 205
95% 199
99% 187

 

 

 

 

Shortest growing season: 190 days in 1962

Longest growing season: 327 days in 1945-1946

 

 

 

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days Probability
160 99.8%
170 99.3%
180 97.3%
190 92.0%
200 81.2%
210 64.4%
220 44.0%
225 34.1%
230 25.2%
235 17.7%
240 11.7%
245 7.4%
250 4.4%
255 2.5%
260 1.3%
270 0.3%
280 0.1%
290 0.0%
300 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Growing season length probabilities for Southport, NC

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

Since 1950, Southport has 15 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 1, 2021