County

Annual Chill Hours

Regression Results

Max

Min

Mean

Intercept

Slope

R2

p-value

S or NS

Aiken

1742

741

1357

95979.4

−46.948

0.31

0.059

NS

Anderson

2028

1197

1673

42415.8

−20.265

0.29

0.010

S

Bamberg

2683

906

1361

35623.6

−17.042

0.10

0.160

NS

Barnwell

1705

927

1353

43874.4

−21.139

0.29

0.013

S

Beaufort

1199

535

868

44809.5

−21.845

0.40

0.003

S

Berkeley

1577

769

1203

47250.6

−22.903

0.35

0.004

S

Charleston

1365

626

989

35069.6

−16.951

0.28

0.011

S

Chester

2392

1493

1981

48551.9

−23.164

0.35

0.004

S

Chesterfield

2182

1203

1809

42307.3

−20.143

0.22

0.029

S

Colleton

1636

834

1290

39650.9

−19.080

0.28

0.011

S

Darlington

1976

1169

1597

4663.2

−1.525

0.00

0.838

NS

Dillon

2057

1424

1732

27242.4

−12.698

0.12

0.155

NS

Florence

1759

1040

1419

36533.1

−17.465

0.24

0.020

S

Georgetown

1712

1057

1426

10486.7

−4.506

0.02

0.526

NS

Greenwood

2009

1273

1692

28228.5

−13.199

0.16

0.061

NS

Horry

1726

828

1264

40556.0

−19.543

0.27

0.014

S

Laurens

2314

1492

1908

43646.7

−20.761

0.30

0.008

S

Lee

1958

1079

1643

48329.4

−23.245

0.25

0.037

S

Lexington

1774

977

1401

38014.3

−18.211

0.29

0.010

S

Marion

2001

1256

1651

3342.5

−0.841

0.00

0.909

NS

McCormick

2126

1022

1517

79013.5

−38.546

0.54

0.000

S

Oconee

1795

941

1485

28198.0

−13.287

0.13

0.096

NS

Orangeburg

1607

895

1275

34882.6

−16.716

0.24

0.021

S

Pickens

2304

1536

1921

41578.5

−19.725

0.32

0.006

S

Richland

1581

852

1274

33708.1

−16.132

0.22

0.029

S

Saluda

2094

1367

1776

30755.3

−14.414

0.19

0.044

S

Spartanburg

2059

1261

1714

26903.2

−12.529

0.13

0.098

NS

Sumter

2160

1291

1671

9180.6

−3.735

0.01

0.689

NS

Union

2365

1592

1989

32986.4

−15.418

0.23

0.023

S

Williamsburg

1928

1036

1531

45849.7

−22.043

0.28

0.011

S

York

2240

1479

1847

29206.2

−13.608

0.16

0.069

NS

Average

1937

1100

1536

37,059

−17.665

0.225

0.128

Total “S”

20

Total “NS”

11