Spring and Fall Freeze Climatology for Whiteville, NC

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Whiteville, North Carolina Spring and Fall Freeze Statistics

Whiteville's average date for the last spring freeze is March 27

Spring freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Feb 22
5%	Mar 4
10%	Mar 9
25%	Mar 17
50%	Mar 27
75%	Apr 5
90%	Apr 14
95%	Apr 19
99%	Apr 29

Earliest last spring freeze: February 23, 2024

Latest last spring freeze: May 2, 1963

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	0.6%
Feb 25	1.6%
Mar 1	3.1%
Mar 5	5.7%
Mar 10	11.0%
Mar 15	19.1%
Mar 20	30.1%
Mar 25	43.3%
Mar 30	57.3%
Apr 5	72.8%
Apr 10	83.2%
Apr 15	90.5%
Apr 20	95.2%
Apr 25	97.8%
Apr 30	99.1%
May 5	99.7%
May 10	99.9%

Since 1950, the date of Whiteville's last spring freeze has shifted 2.1 days earlier per decade.

Whiteville's average date for the first fall freeze is November 4

Fall freeze statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Date
1%	Oct 5
5%	Oct 14
10%	Oct 19
25%	Oct 26
50%	Nov 4
75%	Nov 12
90%	Nov 20
95%	Nov 24
99%	Dec 3

Earliest first fall freeze: October 4, 1974

Latest first fall freeze: November 29, 2009

Fall freeze statistics sorted by date

Date	Probability
Oct 1	0.3%
Oct 5	0.8%
Oct 10	2.3%
Oct 15	5.4%
Oct 20	11.4%
Oct 25	20.9%
Nov 1	40.0%
Nov 5	52.6%
Nov 10	67.8%
Nov 15	80.5%
Nov 20	89.6%
Nov 25	95.1%
Nov 30	98.0%
Dec 5	99.3%
Dec 10	99.8%
Dec 15	99.9%
Dec 20	100.0%
Dec 25	100.0%
Dec 30	100.0%

Since 1950, the date of Whiteville's first fall freeze has shifted 2.1 days later per decade.

Whiteville's average growing season length is 221 days

Growing season statistics sorted by probability

Probability	Days
1%	267
5%	253
10%	246
25%	234
50%	221
75%	207
90%	195
95%	188
99%	175

Shortest growing season: 176 days in 1974

Longest growing season: 272 days in 2024

Growing season statistics sorted by days

Days	Probability
160	99.9%
170	99.5%
180	98.0%
190	93.9%
200	85.2%
210	70.4%
220	51.2%
225	41.2%
230	31.7%
235	23.3%
240	16.3%
245	10.8%
250	6.8%
255	4.1%
260	2.3%
270	0.6%
280	0.1%
290	0.0%
300	0.0%

Since 1950, Whiteville's growing season has become 4.0 days longer per decade.

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

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