000 NOUS42 KILM 191839 CCA PNSILM NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-200645- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED FOR CORRECTED DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 136 PM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA... AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO BELOW FREEZING ACROSS NEW HANOVER...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES. THIS BRINGS AN OFFICIAL END TO THE GROWING SEASON FOR THESE TWO COUNTIES AS THEY WERE THE LAST COUNTIES TO OFFICIALLY RECORD A FREEZE. THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED UNTIL NEXT SPRING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. THEREFORE, WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR FREEZING OR WELL BELOW FREEZING, A FROST ADVISORY, FREEZE WATCH OR FREEZE WARNING WILL NOT BE ISSUED. CLIMATOLOGY WOULD SUGGEST THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON OCCURS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF NOVEMBER. NEARER THE IMMEDIATE COAST, THE GROWING SEASON IS A LITTLE LONGER, BUT GENERALLY ENDS DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF NOVEMBER. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF UNOFFICIAL LOW TEMPERATURES FROM NOVEMBER 19TH 2008. THESE REPORTS WERE GATHERED ...FROM ASOS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...MESONET...RAWS SITES...AND WEATHER UNDERGROUND. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM. **********************MINIMUM TEMPERATURES********************** LOCATION MINIMUM TEMP COMMENTS NORTH CAROLINA ...BLADEN COUNTY... EAST ARCADIA 2NE 23 COOP ELIZABETHTOWN 26 COOP TURNBULL CREEK 26 RAWS ELIZABETHTOWN 29 AWOS (AIRPORT) ...BRUNSWICK COUNTY... WINNABOW 24 MESONET (WX. UNDERGROUND) LONGWOOD 26 COOP SUNNY POINT 27 RAWS SUPPLY 4NW 27 RAWS (LOCATED ON ROUTE 211 BALD HEAD ISLAND 31 MESONET (WX. UNDERGROUND) ...COLUMBUS COUNTY... WHITEVILLE 7NW 27 COOP WHITEVILLE 28 RAWS WHITEVILLE 30 AWOS (AIRPORT) ...NEW HANOVER COUNTY... WILMINGTON 7N 24 COOP (CASTLE HAYNE) WILMINGTON 27 ASOS (AIRPORT) WILMINGTON 27 NWS OFFICE MASONBORO 1ENE 29 NWS EMPLOYEE OGDEN 4W 29 NWS EMPLOYEE (KINGS GRANT) WILMINGTON 29 MESONET (STATE PORT) WILMINGTON 7SE 29 COOP WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH 32 NOAA (JOHNNY MERCER PIER) ...PENDER COUNTY... BACK ISLAND 19 RAWS (HOLLY SHELTER GAME LAND SURF CITY 24 COOP BURGAW 4E 25 COOP ...ROBESON COUNTY... ORRUM 24 COOP (LUMBER RIVER SP.) LUMBERTON 27 ASOS (AIRPORT) LUMBERTON 3SE 27 COOP SOUTH CAROLINA ...DARLINGTON COUNTY... DARLINGTON 23 AWOS (AIRPORT) HARTSVILLE 22 COOP DARLINGTON 24 COOP ...DILLON COUNTY... DILLON 22 COOP ...FLORENCE COUNTY... EFFINGHAM 24 COOP FLORENCE 25 ASOS (AIRPORT) LAKE CITY 25 COOP ...GEORGETOWN COUNTY... GEORGETOWN 27 COOP (COUNTY AIRPORT) GEORGETOWN 5NNE 28 COOP LITCHFIELD BEACH 29 MESONET (WX. UNDERGROUND) ...HORRY COUNTY... MYRTLE BEACH 25 COOP LORIS 6NNW 27 COOP CONWAY 27 COOP NORTH MYRTLE BEACH 28 ASOS (AIRPORT) ...MARION COUNTY... MARION 25 COOP MULLINS 26 COOP ...MARLBORO COUNTY... BENNETTSVILLE 1N 23 COOP ...WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY... CADES 4W 22 COOP GREELEYVILLE 5N 22 COOP ANDREWS 32 COOP $$ HEDEN