000 NOUS42 KILM 012116 PNSILM NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-020930- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 516 PM EDT SAT NOV 1 2008 ...THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA... FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING, AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS COUPLED WITH IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO FREEZING OR BELOW ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. 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 GROWING SEASON WILL CONTINUE FOR NEW HANOVER AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES. UNTIL A WIDESPREAD FREEZE OCCURS IN THESE AREAS, FROST ADVISORIES, FREEZE WATCHES AND FREEZE WARNINGS WILL STILL BE ISSUED WHEN REQUIRED, UNTIL DECEMBER 1, 2008. THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED UNTIL NEXT SPRING FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR FORECAST AREA. THEREFORE, WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR FREEZING OR WELL BELOW FREEZING, A FROST ADVISORY, FREEZE WATCH OR FREEZE WARNING WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THIS INCLUDES... ROBESON, BLADEN, COLUMBUS, BRUNSWICK AND PENDER COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. DARLINGTON, DILLON, MARLBORO, FLORENCE, MARION, WILLIAMSBURG AND HORRY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WHEN SOIL TEMPERATURES WARM TO LEVELS CONDUCIVE FOR THE GROWTH OF TENDER VEGETATION, THE FROST AND FREEZE PROGRAM WILL RESUME. FOR OUR AREA, THIS GENERALLY OCCURS AROUND THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING, BUT CAN FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON THE MAGNITUDE OF COLD WEATHER WE RECEIVE DURING THE LATE AUTUMN AND WINTER MONTHS. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF UNOFFICIAL LOW TEMPERATURES FROM FRIDAY OCTOBER 31ST 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. AN ASTERISK (*) DENOTES THAT A RECORD HAS BEEN SET OR TIED. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THESE RECORDS CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PNS. **********************MINIMUM TEMPERATURES********************** LOCATION MINIMUM TEMP COMMENTS NORTH CAROLINA ...BLADEN COUNTY... EAST ARCADIA 2NE 27 COOP TURNBULL CREEK 27 RAWS ELIZABETHTOWN 29 COOP ELIZABETHTOWN 33 AWOS (AIRPORT) ...BRUNSWICK COUNTY... SUPPLY 4NW 26 RAWS (LOCATED ON ROUTE 211) WINNABOW 28 MESONET (WX. UNDERGROUND) LONGWOOD 29 COOP BALD HEAD ISLAND 49 MESONET (WX. UNDERGROUND) ...COLUMBUS COUNTY... WHITEVILLE 7NW 28 COOP WHITEVILLE 31 RAWS WHITEVILLE 32 AWOS (AIRPORT) ...NEW HANOVER COUNTY... WILMINGTON 7N 28 COOP WILMINGTON 32* ASOS (AIRPORT) OGDEN 4W 33 NWS EMPLOYEE (KINGSGRANT) WILMINGTON 7SE 34 COOP WILMINGTON 34 NWS OFFICE ...PENDER COUNTY... BACK ISLAND 20 RAWS (HOLLY SHELTER GAME LAND) MOORES CREEK 28 COOP SURF CITY 28 COOP BURGAW 4E 29 COOP ...ROBESON COUNTY... ORRUM 28 COOP (LUMBER RIVER SP.) LUMBERTON 30 ASOS (AIRPORT) LUMBERTON 3SE 32 COOP SOUTH CAROLINA ...DARLINGTON COUNTY... DARLINGTON 30 AWOS (AIRPORT) HARTSVILLE 30 COOP DARLINGTON 31 COOP ...DILLON COUNTY... DILLON 30 COOP ...FLORENCE COUNTY... LAKE CITY 31 COOP EFFINGHAM 32 COOP FLORENCE 33* ASOS (AIRPORT) ...GEORGETOWN COUNTY... HEMINGWAY 8ESE 31 COOP GEORGETOWN 39 COOP (COUNTY AIRPORT) ...HORRY COUNTY... LORIS 6NNW 30 COOP NORTH MYRTLE BEACH 32* ASOS (AIRPORT) MYRTLE BEACH 36 AWOS (AIRPORT) CONWAY 37 COOP ...MARION COUNTY... MARION 32 COOP MULLINS 32 COOP ...MARLBORO COUNTY... BENNETTSVILLE 1N 29 COOP MCCOLL 3NW 29 COOP ...WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY... CADES 4W 30 COOP GREELEYVILLE 5N 29 COOP ANDREWS 33 COOP * A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES WAS SET IN WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA ON OCTOBER 31ST 2008. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 33 DEGREES SET IN 1917. * A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES WAS SET IN NORTH MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA ON OCTOBER 31ST 2008. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 32 DEGREES SET IN 1952. * A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 33 DEGREES WAS SET IN FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA ON OCTOBER 31ST 2008. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 33 DEGREES SET IN 1952. $$ HEDEN/RJD