Cherryville climate

Cherryville Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Lincolnton 4 W, 10.1 km from Cherryville, elevation 887 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Lincolnton 4 W. 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 April 9 and the first fall freeze around October 28, a growing season of about 201 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 22, first October 19
Median at 32°F
last April 9, first October 28
Median at 28°F
last March 27, first November 6

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°FMay 10May 4Apr 30Apr 26Apr 22Apr 19Apr 16Apr 12Apr 8
32°FApr 27Apr 21Apr 17Apr 13Apr 9Apr 6Apr 2Mar 30Mar 24
28°FApr 10Apr 5Apr 2Mar 30Mar 27Mar 24Mar 20Mar 16Mar 9
24°FMar 30Mar 25Mar 21Mar 18Mar 15Mar 11Mar 6Feb 28Feb 23
20°FMar 20Mar 15Mar 11Mar 5Feb 28Feb 25Feb 19Feb 9Jan 31
16°FMar 11Mar 3Feb 25Feb 16Feb 9Feb 2Jan 28Jan 22Jan 12

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 8Oct 12Oct 14Oct 17Oct 19Oct 21Oct 24Oct 26Oct 31
32°FOct 15Oct 19Oct 22Oct 25Oct 28Oct 30Nov 1Nov 4Nov 8
28°FOct 25Oct 30Nov 1Nov 3Nov 6Nov 10Nov 13Nov 17Nov 24
24°FNov 4Nov 9Nov 12Nov 16Nov 20Nov 23Nov 27Dec 2Dec 8
20°FNov 17Nov 23Nov 28Dec 2Dec 6Dec 10Dec 18Dec 28Jan 4
16°FNov 29Dec 7Dec 12Dec 20Dec 27Jan 1Jan 5Jan 12Jan 20

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°F199192187183179174170166159
32°F220214209205201196192187180
28°F248240234230225220216211203
24°F279270263257251246241234226
20°F315303295289282276270263253
16°F351338329322314306301292280

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
100% of years
24°F or colder
100% of years
20°F or colder
100% of years
16°F or colder
96% 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
3,335
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
1,470
Growing degree days, base 40°F
7,503
Growing degree days, base 45°F
5,971
Growing degree days, base 50°F
4,598
Growing degree days, base 55°F
3,391
Growing degree days, base 60°F
2,349

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January753025
February576142
March4276139
April18636314
May52128541
June4291738
July0405870
August0363828
September19198628
October18339332
November4563103
December678139

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 10.1 km from Cherryville. 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 USC00314996 (Lincolnton 4 W). Public domain.