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 19
5%	Feb 28
10%	Mar 5
25%	Mar 14
50%	Mar 23
75%	Apr 2
90%	Apr 10
95%	Apr 15
99%	Apr 25

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	0.0%
Feb 10	0.1%
Feb 15	0.4%
Feb 20	1.1%
Feb 25	2.7%
Mar 1	5.1%
Mar 5	8.8%
Mar 10	16.0%
Mar 15	26.3%
Mar 20	39.1%
Mar 25	53.2%
Mar 30	66.9%
Apr 5	80.7%
Apr 10	89.0%
Apr 15	94.3%
Apr 20	97.4%
Apr 25	98.9%
Apr 30	99.6%
May 5	99.9%
May 10	100.0%

Since 1955, Lake City has 13 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 9

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 12
5%	Oct 20
10%	Oct 25
25%	Nov 1
50%	Nov 9
75%	Nov 17
90%	Nov 25
95%	Nov 29
99%	Dec 7

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	1.7%
Oct 20	4.4%
Oct 25	9.8%
Nov 1	23.7%
Nov 5	34.9%
Nov 10	51.0%
Nov 15	66.9%
Nov 20	80.2%
Nov 25	89.6%
Nov 30	95.3%
Dec 5	98.1%
Dec 10	99.4%
Dec 15	99.8%
Dec 20	99.9%
Dec 25	100.0%
Dec 30	100.0%

Since 1955, Lake City has 13 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 230 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	273
5%	261
10%	254
25%	242
50%	230
75%	217
90%	206
95%	199
99%	186

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	99.6%
190	98.3%
200	94.4%
210	85.5%
220	69.9%
225	60.1%
230	49.6%
235	39.1%
240	29.3%
245	20.9%
250	14.1%
255	9.0%
260	5.4%
270	1.6%
280	0.4%
290	0.1%
300	0.0%

Since 1955, Lake City has 13 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 & Vicky Oliva
Last Updated: September 17, 2026

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