NWS Wilmington, NC

Weather Forecast Office

Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

Brookgreen Gardens's average date for the last spring freeze is March 21

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Feb 8
5%	Feb 20
10%	Feb 26
25%	Mar 9
50%	Mar 21
75%	Apr 2
90%	Apr 13
95%	Apr 19
99%	May 1

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 8, 2000

Latest last spring freeze: May 8, 1989

Spring freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Jan 25	0.1%
Feb 1	0.3%
Feb 5	0.6%
Feb 10	1.3%
Feb 15	2.5%
Feb 20	4.7%
Feb 25	8.3%
Mar 1	12.3%
Mar 5	17.5%
Mar 10	25.7%
Mar 15	35.6%
Mar 20	46.6%
Mar 25	57.9%
Mar 30	68.5%
Apr 5	79.4%
Apr 10	86.5%
Apr 15	91.7%
Apr 20	95.3%
Apr 25	97.5%
Apr 30	98.7%
May 5	99.4%
May 10	99.7%

Since 1950, Brookgreen Gardens has 10 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.

Brookgreen Gardens's average date for the first fall freeze is November 15

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 13
5%	Oct 22
10%	Oct 27
25%	Nov 5
50%	Nov 15
75%	Nov 24
90%	Dec 3
95%	Dec 8
99%	Dec 17

Earliest first fall freeze: October 14, 1988

Latest first fall freeze: December 21, 2001

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	0.1%
Oct 5	0.2%
Oct 10	0.5%
Oct 15	1.4%
Oct 20	3.3%
Oct 25	6.9%
Nov 1	16.1%
Nov 5	24.0%
Nov 10	36.2%
Nov 15	50.0%
Nov 20	63.8%
Nov 25	76.0%
Nov 30	85.6%
Dec 5	92.2%
Dec 10	96.2%
Dec 15	98.3%
Dec 20	99.3%
Dec 25	99.8%
Dec 30	99.9%

Since 1950, Brookgreen Gardens has 10 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

Brookgreen Gardens's average growing season length is 237 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	297
5%	279
10%	270
25%	254
50%	237
75%	219
90%	203
95%	194
99%	176

Shortest growing season: 190 days in 1962

Longest growing season: 286 days in 2000

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	99.8%
170	99.5%
180	98.6%
190	96.4%
200	92.2%
210	84.9%
220	74.0%
225	67.4%
230	60.2%
235	52.6%
240	44.9%
245	37.4%
250	30.4%
255	24.0%
260	18.4%
270	9.9%
280	4.7%
290	2.0%
300	0.7%

Since 1950, Brookgreen Gardens has 10 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 5, 2021