2014 Growing Season Comes to an End

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Freezing temperatures made it down to the beaches this morning, officially ending the 2014 Growing Season across Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina. Compared to normal this year's growing season was fairly close to normal in its length, beginning date and ending date.

2014 Growing Season Comes to an End

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
935 AM EST SAT NOV 15 2014

...GROWING SEASON ENDS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 
AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...

TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING FELL TO FREEZING OR BELOW FOR SEVERAL 
HOURS. THIS BRINGS AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTH CAROLINA... 

COASTAL HORRY...INLAND GEORGETOWN...COASTAL GEORGETOWN.

AND IN NORTH CAROLINA...

INLAND NEW HANOVER...COASTAL NEW HANOVER...COASTAL BRUNSWICK.

FOR THE AREA SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WILMINGTON FROST AND FREEZE PRODUCTS WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL
SPRING 2015.

&&

                         GROWING SEASON DATA
   LOCATION       2014 START     2014 END    2014 LENGTH
 WILMINGTON NC     MARCH 27    NOVEMBER 15     232 DAYS
 LUMBERTON NC      MARCH 27    NOVEMBER 2      219 DAYS
 FLORENCE SC       MARCH 27    NOVEMBER 3      220 DAYS
N. MYRTLE BEACH SC MARCH 27    NOVEMBER 3      220 DAYS

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