Research Article

The Study of Frost Occurrence in Free State Province of South Africa

Table 2

Distribution fitting of frost indices at different thresholds (2°C, 0°C, and −2°C).

StationCessation of frostOnset of frostDuration of frost
2°C0°C−2°C2°C0°C−2°C2°C0°C−2°C

BethlehemNormalLogNormalLogLogisticLogisticNormalNormalNormalWeibullWeibull
BloemfonteinLogNormalLogNormalNormalNormalNormalNormalNormalNormalNormal
BothavilleLogNormalLogNormalWeibullNormalLogisticLogNormalNormalNormalNormal
FauresmithNormalLogNormalNormalLogNormalNormalLogNormalLogNormalNormalLogNormal
FicksburgLogNormalLogNormalLogNormalNormalNormalNormalLogNormalNormalNormal
FrankfortNormalNormalNormalWeibullNormalNormalNormalWeibullLogNormal
VirginiaLogNormalLogNormalNormalNormalNormalNormalWeibullWeibullNormal
WepenerNormalLogNormalLogLogisticNormalNormalNormalLogLogisticWeibullNormal
ZastronGammaLogNormalLogLogisticNormalNormalNormalNormalWeibullNormal