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McColl, South Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

McColl's average date for the last spring freeze is March 28

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Feb 27
5%	Mar 8
10%	Mar 12
25%	Mar 20
50%	Mar 28
75%	Apr 5
90%	Apr 13
95%	Apr 17
99%	Apr 26

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 25, 1946

Latest last spring freeze: April 24, 1986

Spring freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Jan 25	0.0%
Feb 1	0.0%
Feb 5	0.0%
Feb 10	0.0%
Feb 15	0.0%
Feb 20	0.2%
Feb 25	0.5%
Mar 1	1.3%
Mar 5	2.9%
Mar 10	6.8%
Mar 15	13.9%
Mar 20	24.8%
Mar 25	39.2%
Mar 30	55.2%
Apr 5	73.1%
Apr 10	84.7%
Apr 15	92.3%
Apr 20	96.7%
Apr 25	98.7%
Apr 30	99.6%
May 5	99.9%
May 10	100.0%

Since 1950, McColl has 9 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in spring freeze dates.

McColl's average date for the first fall freeze is November 1

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 5
5%	Oct 13
10%	Oct 17
25%	Oct 25
50%	Nov 1
75%	Nov 9
90%	Nov 16
95%	Nov 20
99%	Nov 29

Earliest first fall freeze: October 4, 1974

Latest first fall freeze: December 2, 1978

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	0.4%
Oct 5	1.0%
Oct 10	2.8%
Oct 15	6.9%
Oct 20	14.5%
Oct 25	26.2%
Nov 1	48.2%
Nov 5	61.6%
Nov 10	76.3%
Nov 15	87.3%
Nov 20	94.1%
Nov 25	97.6%
Nov 30	99.2%
Dec 5	99.8%
Dec 10	99.9%
Dec 15	100.0%
Dec 20	100.0%
Dec 25	100.0%
Dec 30	99.7%

Since 1950, McColl has 9 years of missing climate data. This makes it difficult to determine a statistically accurate change in fall freeze dates.

McColl's average growing season length is 217 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	254
5%	243
10%	237
25%	228
50%	217
75%	206
90%	196
95%	190
99%	179

Shortest growing season: 184 days in 1943

Longest growing season: 268 days in 1938

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	100.0%
170	99.8%
180	98.9%
190	95.2%
200	85.1%
210	66.2%
220	41.9%
225	30.3%
230	20.4%
235	12.7%
240	7.3%
245	3.9%
250	1.9%
255	0.9%
260	0.3%
270	0.0%
280	0.0%
290	0.0%
300	0.0%

Since 1950, McColl has 9 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 6, 2021

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