Southport, North Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

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Southport, North Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

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

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Feb 21
5%	Mar 2
10%	Mar 7
25%	Mar 15
50%	Mar 23
75%	Apr 1
90%	Apr 9
95%	Apr 14
99%	Apr 22

Earliest last spring freeze: Feb 2, 1945

Latest last spring freeze: April 20, 1926

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	0.2%
Feb 20	0.7%
Feb 25	1.9%
Mar 1	3.9%
Mar 5	7.3%
Mar 10	14.3%
Mar 15	24.8%
Mar 20	38.4%
Mar 25	53.6%
Mar 30	68.4%
Apr 5	82.7%
Apr 10	90.8%
Apr 15	95.7%
Apr 20	98.2%
Apr 25	99.4%
Apr 30	99.8%
May 5	99.9%
May 10	100.0%

Since 1955, the date of Southport's last spring freeze has shifted 1.0 days earlier per decade.

Southport's average date for the first fall freeze is November 12

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 7
5%	Oct 18
10%	Oct 23
25%	Nov 1
50%	Nov 12
75%	Nov 22
90%	Dec 1
95%	Dec 6
99%	Dec 17

Earliest first fall freeze: October 10, 2000

Latest first fall freeze: January 10, 1946

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	0.3%
Oct 5	0.6%
Oct 10	1.5%
Oct 15	3.2%
Oct 20	6.4%
Oct 25	11.7%
Nov 1	23.3%
Nov 5	32.1%
Nov 10	44.7%
Nov 15	57.8%
Nov 20	70.1%
Nov 25	80.4%
Nov 30	88.2%
Dec 5	93.5%
Dec 10	96.8%
Dec 15	98.5%
Dec 20	99.4%
Dec 25	99.8%
Dec 30	100.0%

Since 1955, the date of Southport's first fall freeze has shifted 0.9 days later per decade.

Southport's average growing season length is 232 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	278
5%	264
10%	257
25%	245
50%	232
75%	219
90%	207
95%	200
99%	187

Shortest growing season: 190 days in 1962

Longest growing season: 327 days in 1945-1946

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	100.0%
170	99.9%
180	99.6%
190	98.5%
200	95.1%
210	87.4%
220	73.6%
225	64.6%
230	54.7%
235	44.5%
240	34.7%
245	25.8%
250	18.2%
255	12.2%
260	7.8%
270	2.7%
280	0.7%
290	0.2%
300	0.0%

Since 1955, the length of Southport's growing season has increased 1.8 days per decade.

Research and Page Author: Tim Armstrong and Vicky Oliva
Last Updated: September 13, 2026

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