Wade climate

Wade Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Pascagoula Lott Intl AP, 20.2 km from Wade, elevation 18 ft

Frost and the growing season

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

The last spring freeze typically comes around March 1 and the first fall freeze around November 24, a growing season of about 269 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 18, first November 11
Median at 32°F
last March 1, first November 24
Median at 28°F
last February 12, first December 8

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°FApr 6Mar 31Mar 26Mar 22Mar 18Mar 14Mar 8Mar 2Feb 23
32°FMar 24Mar 17Mar 12Mar 7Mar 1Feb 25Feb 21Feb 16Feb 6
28°FMar 11Mar 2Feb 26Feb 18Feb 12Feb 4Jan 30Jan 23Jan 13
24°FFeb 28Feb 16Feb 6Jan 31Jan 27Jan 21Jan 14Jan 6Dec 26
20°FFeb 11Feb 1Jan 27Jan 21Jan 17Jan 13Jan 8Jan 1Dec 22
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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°FOct 27Nov 1Nov 5Nov 8Nov 11Nov 15Nov 18Nov 23Dec 1
32°FNov 5Nov 11Nov 15Nov 19Nov 24Nov 28Dec 1Dec 7Dec 22
28°FNov 16Nov 23Dec 1Dec 4Dec 8Dec 16Dec 28Jan 4Jan 16
24°FDec 1Dec 7Dec 18Dec 27Jan 2Jan 7Jan 13Jan 22Feb 3
20°FDec 9Dec 26Jan 1Jan 5Jan 10Jan 14Jan 18Jan 25Feb 2
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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°F269260252247241235229222212
32°F302290282275269263257251243
28°F341329321312305297290280267
24°F365365360350340333325315304
20°F365365365365365365359346332
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
100% of years
32°F or colder
100% of years
28°F or colder
98% of years
24°F or colder
77% of years
20°F or colder
36% of years
16°F or colder
7% 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
1,558
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
2,614
Growing degree days, base 40°F
10,205
Growing degree days, base 45°F
8,436
Growing degree days, base 50°F
6,758
Growing degree days, base 55°F
5,217
Growing degree days, base 60°F
3,830

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January42311149
February28721193
March16950354
April55104500
May5273733
June0460910
July0532997
August0525990
September1406855
October46177596
November21237291
December36019189

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 20.2 km from Wade. 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 USW00053858 (Pascagoula Lott Intl AP). Public domain.