(i.e., number of days between last freeze after Winter
and first freeze after Summer).
Year
2004, 150 Days (May 4 - September 30).
Shortest
Growing Season, 118 Days, 1940 (May 16-September 11).
Longest
Growing Season, 218 Days, 1924 (April 2-November 6).
11 of the 12 shortest growing seasons occurred in the time period 1968 to present.
116-year,
1887-2001, average growing season, 171 Days.
30-year,
1961-1990, average growing season, 163 Days.
30-year,
1971-2000, average growing season, 161 Days.
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