Enoree climate

Enoree Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Laurens, 18.3 km from Enoree, elevation 589 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Laurens. 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 1 and the first fall freeze around November 5, a growing season of about 219 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 11, first October 27
Median at 32°F
last April 1, first November 5
Median at 28°F
last March 18, first November 17

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 25Apr 21Apr 18Apr 15Apr 11Apr 9Apr 6Apr 3Mar 29
32°FApr 17Apr 10Apr 7Apr 3Apr 1Mar 29Mar 25Mar 21Mar 15
28°FApr 4Mar 31Mar 26Mar 21Mar 18Mar 14Mar 10Mar 4Feb 26
24°FMar 23Mar 16Mar 11Mar 7Mar 2Feb 26Feb 21Feb 14Feb 5
20°FMar 12Mar 4Feb 26Feb 19Feb 13Feb 5Jan 31Jan 25Jan 14
16°FFeb 25Feb 15Feb 7Feb 1Jan 29Jan 23Jan 17Jan 10Jan 1

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 15Oct 18Oct 22Oct 25Oct 27Oct 30Nov 1Nov 4Nov 9
32°FOct 23Oct 28Nov 1Nov 2Nov 5Nov 7Nov 11Nov 15Nov 20
28°FNov 1Nov 6Nov 9Nov 13Nov 17Nov 21Nov 26Dec 1Dec 6
24°FNov 13Nov 19Nov 25Nov 30Dec 3Dec 7Dec 12Dec 21Jan 1
20°FNov 27Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19Dec 27Jan 1Jan 5Jan 10Jan 18
16°FDec 15Dec 25Dec 31Jan 2Jan 6Jan 11Jan 16Jan 24Feb 3

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°F219212207203199195190185179
32°F242235229223219213210205197
28°F273262255250245240235228219
24°F309297289281276269262254244
20°F345334325317309303295286277
16°F365365357348339334327317305

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
96% of years
16°F or colder
76% 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
3,135
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
1,788
Growing degree days, base 40°F
7,968
Growing degree days, base 45°F
6,402
Growing degree days, base 50°F
5,004
Growing degree days, base 55°F
3,766
Growing degree days, base 60°F
2,694

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January719032
February559144
March4077149
April17644329
May38170597
June2359807
July0473938
August0426891
September13250687
October15452371
November4286115
December638144

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 18.3 km from Enoree. 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 USC00385017 (Laurens). Public domain.