Lakewood Park climate

Lakewood Park Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Wartrace 6E, 14.8 km from Lakewood Park, elevation 1014 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Wartrace 6E. 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 2, a growing season of about 214 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 14, first October 25
Median at 32°F
last April 1, first November 2
Median at 28°F
last March 21, first November 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°FMay 2Apr 27Apr 22Apr 18Apr 14Apr 11Apr 7Apr 3Mar 30
32°FApr 18Apr 12Apr 7Apr 3Apr 1Mar 29Mar 25Mar 21Mar 15
28°FApr 8Apr 2Mar 30Mar 25Mar 21Mar 17Mar 13Mar 9Mar 2
24°FMar 29Mar 21Mar 17Mar 13Mar 9Mar 5Mar 1Feb 26Feb 18
20°FMar 17Mar 11Mar 6Mar 1Feb 26Feb 22Feb 17Feb 9Feb 2
16°FMar 7Feb 28Feb 23Feb 18Feb 13Feb 7Feb 1Jan 28Jan 17

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

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°F214207201196191187182177169
32°F238229223219214210206199192
28°F263254248243237231226220214
24°F290281274268263257251244235
20°F318308300293286280274267258
16°F342333325318311306301292283

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
97% 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
4,024
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
1,012
Growing degree days, base 40°F
6,652
Growing degree days, base 45°F
5,218
Growing degree days, base 50°F
3,920
Growing degree days, base 55°F
2,785
Growing degree days, base 60°F
1,816

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January874023
February702028
March5174110
April25919246
May9872441
June7193636
July1292756
August2267730
September38139551
October24224274
November513287
December770038

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 14.8 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 USC00409434 (Wartrace 6E). Public domain.