Lakewood Park climate

Lakewood Park Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Ft Pierce St Lucie CO Intl AP, 5.6 km from Lakewood Park, elevation 24 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Ft Pierce St Lucie CO Intl AP. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

A freeze (32°F or colder) happens in only 49 percent of years at Ft Pierce St Lucie CO Intl AP, so there is no typical freeze season.

Median at 36°F
last February 3, first January 6
Median at 32°F
last January 24, first January 14
Median at 28°F
last January 18, first January 14

Last freeze in spring

The chance of a later freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one spring in ten still freezes after the date; planting after the 10 percent date for 32°F is the cautious choice.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FMar 8Feb 27Feb 17Feb 9Feb 3Jan 29Jan 23Jan 17Jan 6
32°FFeb 21Feb 7Jan 31Jan 28Jan 24Jan 19Jan 14Jan 8Jan 1
28°FJan 31Jan 29Jan 25Jan 22Jan 18Jan 13Jan 9Jan 6Jan 1
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First freeze in fall

The chance of an earlier freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one fall in ten freezes before the date.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FDec 6Dec 19Dec 28Jan 1Jan 6Jan 12Jan 18Jan 26Feb 5
32°FDec 23Jan 1Jan 5Jan 10Jan 14Jan 18Jan 23Jan 30Feb 13
28°FDec 29Jan 2Jan 6Jan 10Jan 14Jan 18Jan 23Jan 28Jan 31
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Growing season length

Days between the last spring and first fall freeze at each threshold, with the chance of a season at least that long.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°F365354344334329321312305293
32°F365365365365365357346336325
28°F365365365365365365365365352
24°F365365365365365365365365365
20°F365365365365365365365365365
16°F365365365365365365365365365

How often it gets that cold

The share of years with at least one night at or below each temperature.

36°F or colder
87% of years
32°F or colder
49% of years
28°F or colder
17% of years
24°F or colder
3% of years
20°F or colder
0% of years
16°F or colder
0% of years

Degree days

A degree day is one degree of the daily mean temperature beyond a base, for one day. Heating degree days count cold (the fuel a house burns), cooling degree days heat, growing degree days the warmth a crop needs; each crop has its own base.

Heating degree days, base 65°F
418
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
3,391
Growing degree days, base 40°F
12,099
Growing degree days, base 45°F
10,277
Growing degree days, base 50°F
8,465
Growing degree days, base 55°F
6,685
Growing degree days, base 60°F
4,977

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January14562391
February8681416
March52126540
April12207645
May0347812
June0447897
July0510975
August0513978
September0461911
October4355817
November26173597
December92109487

What this means

NOAA computes these from the daily lows at the station over 1991-2020, fitting the dates of each year's last and first freeze to a distribution, so a date can be stated at any level of risk. 36°F is a frost risk for tender plants on a clear, calm night, since the ground cools below the air above it; 32°F is a freeze; 28°F is a hard freeze that kills most annuals.

The station is 5.6 km from Lakewood Park. Low ground, valleys and open fields freeze earlier and later than a town center or a hillside.

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Sources

NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, annual and seasonal normals for station USW00012895 (Ft Pierce St Lucie CO Intl AP). Public domain.