Spring and Fall Freeze Climatology for Whiteville, NC

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Whiteville, North Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

Whiteville'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 11
25%	Mar 19
50%	Mar 29
75%	Apr 8
90%	Apr 17
95%	Apr 22
99%	May 2

Earliest last spring freeze: February 23, 2000

Latest last spring freeze: May 2, 1963

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	0.5%
Feb 25	1.2%
Mar 1	2.4%
Mar 5	4.5%
Mar 10	8.8%
Mar 15	15.6%
Mar 20	25.3%
Mar 25	37.5%
Mar 30	51.0%
Apr 5	67.0%
Apr 10	78.4%
Apr 15	87.1%
Apr 20	93.0%
Apr 25	96.6%
Apr 30	98.5%
May 5	99.4%
May 10	99.8%

Since 1950, the date of Whiteville's last spring freeze has shifted 2.1 days earlier per decade.

Whiteville's average date for the first fall freeze is November 2

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 5
5%	Oct 13
10%	Oct 18
25%	Oct 25
50%	Nov 2
75%	Nov 10
90%	Nov 18
95%	Nov 22
99%	Dec 1

Earliest first fall freeze: October 4, 1974

Latest first fall freeze: November 29, 2009

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	0.4%
Oct 5	0.9%
Oct 10	2.6%
Oct 15	6.3%
Oct 20	13.1%
Oct 25	23.8%
Nov 1	44.4%
Nov 5	57.4%
Nov 10	72.5%
Nov 15	84.3%
Nov 20	92.2%
Nov 25	96.6%
Nov 30	98.7%
Dec 5	99.6%
Dec 10	99.9%
Dec 15	100.0%
Dec 20	100.0%
Dec 25	100.0%
Dec 30	100.0%

Since 1950, the date of Whiteville's first fall freeze has shifted 2.1 days later per decade.

Whiteville's average growing season length is 217 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	262
5%	249
10%	242
25%	230
50%	217
75%	204
90%	192
95%	185
99%	172

Shortest growing season: 176 days in 1974

Longest growing season: 259 days in 1978

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%

Since 1950, Whiteville's growing season has become 4.0 days longer per decade.

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

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