Vegetable planting calendars by city
Every calendar below is computed from the 50% probability last-spring and first-fall 32°F dates at one named NOAA station. No hardiness-zone guesswork, and no two cities share a copied table.
Pilot cities (42)
- Albany, New YorkApr 28 to Oct 10
- Atlanta, GeorgiaMar 20 to Nov 21
- Austin, TexasFeb 19 to Dec 6
- Birmingham, AlabamaMar 27 to Nov 12
- Boston, MassachusettsApr 6 to Nov 8
- Burlington, VermontMay 4 to Oct 8
- Charlotte, North CarolinaApr 4 to Nov 3
- Chicago, IllinoisApr 22 to Oct 19
- Cleveland, OhioApr 22 to Oct 31
- Columbus, OhioApr 16 to Oct 27
- Concord, New HampshireMay 13 to Sep 30
- Dallas–Fort Worth, TexasMar 8 to Nov 25
- Denver, ColoradoMay 6 to Oct 6
- Des Moines, IowaApr 17 to Oct 17
- Detroit, MichiganApr 20 to Oct 24
- Grand Rapids, MichiganApr 28 to Oct 16
- Hartford, ConnecticutApr 24 to Oct 13
- Houston, TexasFeb 18 to Dec 8
- Indianapolis, IndianaApr 16 to Oct 22
- Kansas City, MissouriApr 12 to Oct 23
- Los Angeles, California no frost season
- Louisville, KentuckyApr 3 to Nov 4
- Madison, WisconsinMay 2 to Oct 5
- Minneapolis–St. Paul, MinnesotaApr 25 to Oct 10
- Nashville, TennesseeApr 6 to Nov 2
- New York City (Central Park), New YorkApr 1 to Nov 18
- Oklahoma City, OklahomaMar 27 to Nov 9
- Omaha, NebraskaApr 21 to Oct 11
- Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaApr 2 to Nov 10
- Phoenix, ArizonaJan 6 to Jan 2
- Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaApr 24 to Oct 20
- Portland, MaineMay 1 to Oct 10
- Portland, OregonMar 16 to Nov 17
- Raleigh, North CarolinaApr 3 to Nov 4
- Richmond, VirginiaApr 4 to Nov 4
- Sacramento, CaliforniaFeb 9 to Dec 3
- Salt Lake City, UtahApr 21 to Oct 24
- San Antonio, TexasMar 1 to Dec 1
- San Diego, California no frost season
- Seattle, WashingtonMar 8 to Nov 21
- St. Louis, MissouriApr 3 to Nov 3
- Washington, D.C. (Reagan National)Mar 28 to Nov 17
Your city is not here?
The pilot covers one station per metro. Use the planner with your own frost dates — NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals publish the same two dates for thousands of stations — and read how the calendars are built.