Lake City, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

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Lake City's average date for the last spring freeze is March 23

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Feb 16
5%	Feb 26
10%	Mar 4
25%	Mar 13
50%	Mar 23
75%	Apr 2
90%	Apr 11
95%	Apr 16
99%	Apr 26

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 9, 1945

Latest last spring freeze: April 25, 1986

Spring freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Jan 25	0.0%
Feb 1	0.0%
Feb 5	0.1%
Feb 10	0.3%
Feb 15	0.7%
Feb 20	1.7%
Feb 25	3.8%
Mar 1	6.6%
Mar 5	10.9%
Mar 10	18.5%
Mar 15	28.9%
Mar 20	41.4%
Mar 25	54.9%
Mar 30	67.8%
Apr 5	80.8%
Apr 10	88.6%
Apr 15	93.9%
Apr 20	97.0%
Apr 25	98.7%
Apr 30	99.5%
May 5	99.8%
May 10	99.9%

Since 1950, Lake City has 14 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.

Lake City's average date for the first fall freeze is November 10

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 12
5%	Oct 20
10%	Oct 25
25%	Nov 1
50%	Nov 10
75%	Nov 18
90%	Nov 25
95%	Nov 30
99%	Dec 8

Earliest first fall freeze: October 14, 1988

Latest first fall freeze: December 11, 1948

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	0.1%
Oct 5	0.2%
Oct 10	0.6%
Oct 15	1.8%
Oct 20	4.6%
Oct 25	9.9%
Nov 1	23.4%
Nov 5	34.3%
Nov 10	49.9%
Nov 15	65.5%
Nov 20	78.9%
Nov 25	88.6%
Nov 30	94.6%
Dec 5	97.8%
Dec 10	99.2%
Dec 15	99.8%
Dec 20	99.9%
Dec 25	100.0%
Dec 30	99.7%

Since 1950, Lake City has 14 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

Lake City's average growing season length is 231 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	278
5%	264
10%	257
25%	245
50%	231
75%	218
90%	205
95%	198
99%	185

Shortest growing season: 190 days in 1976

Longest growing season: 282 days in 1961

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	100.0%
170	99.9%
180	99.5%
190	98.0%
200	94.0%
210	85.4%
220	71.0%
225	61.9%
230	52.1%
235	42.1%
240	32.7%
245	24.2%
250	17.1%
255	11.5%
260	7.4%
270	2.6%
280	0.7%
290	0.2%
300	0.0%

Since 1950, Lake City has 14 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

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