When to plant in Corner Brook, NL

Planting dates worked out from Corner Brook's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

Jun 2

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

May 22

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 12

1 year in 10 by Oct 1

Frost-free days

144

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Corner Brook · 0.1 km away · station 5 m, town 17 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jun 10 – Jun 24	Aug 4
Sweet pepper	Apr 1 – Apr 15	Jun 10 – Jun 24	Aug 9
Lettuce (leaf)	Apr 1 – Apr 8	May 6 – May 20	Jun 15
Peas	—	May 6 – Jun 3	Jun 30
Bush beans	—	Jun 5 – Jun 26	Jul 25
Carrot	—	May 18 – Jun 29	Jul 17
Beet	—	May 18 – Jun 29	Jul 7
Potato	—	May 18 – Jun 8	Jul 27
Kale	Apr 1 – Apr 15	May 13 – May 27	Jun 25
Broccoli	Mar 25 – Apr 8	May 6 – May 27	Jul 5
Cucumber	May 13 – May 20	Jun 10 – Jun 24	Jul 30
Summer squash and zucchini	May 13 – May 20	Jun 10 – Jun 24	Jul 25
Winter squash	May 13 – May 20	Jun 10 – Jun 24	Aug 29
Sweet corn	—	Jun 5 – Jun 26	Aug 4
Onion (from sets)	—	May 6 – May 27	Aug 4
Garlic	—	Sep 21 – Oct 19 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	May 6 – Jun 3	Jun 13
Basil	Apr 29 – May 13	Jun 10 – Jun 24	Aug 6

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Corner Brook's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1934	Jun 18
1936	Jun 17
1937	May 9
1938	May 30
1939	Jun 3
1940	May 31
1941	Jun 28
1944	May 25
1945	Jun 9
1946	Jun 4
1947	Jun 9
1948	May 17
1949	Jun 10
1950	May 23
1951	May 18
1952	May 19
1953	May 28
1954	May 30
1955	May 18
1956	Jun 10
1957	May 23
1958	May 17
1959	May 10
1960	May 5
1961	May 18
1962	May 16
1963	May 14
1964	May 16
1965	May 29
1966	May 19
1967	May 25
1968	May 21
1969	May 24
1970	May 26
1971	Jun 7
1972	May 26
1973	May 1
1974	Jun 1
1975	May 20
1976	May 29
1977	May 21
1978	May 26
1979	Apr 26
1980	May 24
1981	May 22
1982	May 23
1983	May 27
1984	May 9
1985	May 17
1986	May 26
1987	May 27
1988	May 9
1989	May 6
1990	May 25
1991	May 23
1992	May 16
1993	May 12
1994	Jun 5
1995	May 29
1996	May 10
1997	May 28
1998	May 17
1999	May 2
2000	May 22
2001	May 22
2002	May 14
2003	May 19
2004	May 26
2005	May 14
2006	May 9
2007	May 28
2008	May 15
2009	May 24
2010	May 22
2011	May 23
2012	May 3
2013	May 21
2014	May 29
2015	Jun 2
2016	Jun 2
2017	May 30
2018	Jun 18
2019	May 20
2020	May 24
2021	May 5
2022	May 9
2023	May 30
2024	May 5
2025	May 17
2026	May 19

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1937	154
1938	131
1939	136
1940	124
1941	69
1944	132
1945	142
1946	133
1947	123
1948	122
1949	103
1950	120
1951	138
1952	144
1953	125
1954	101
1955	128
1956	98
1957	144
1958	125
1959	145
1960	163
1961	156
1962	135
1963	122
1964	150
1965	123
1966	156
1967	169
1968	152
1969	117
1970	149
1971	119
1972	125
1973	174
1974	130
1975	143
1976	144
1977	170
1978	131
1979	160
1980	154
1981	142
1982	140
1983	136
1984	144
1985	156
1986	115
1987	137
1988	160
1989	165
1990	138
1991	145
1992	142
1993	147
1994	129
1995	144
1996	161
1997	144
1998	161
1999	169
2000	149
2001	159
2002	148
2003	168
2004	129
2005	151
2006	155
2007	154
2008	132
2009	142
2010	127
2011	137
2012	159
2013	143
2014	125
2015	123
2016	135
2017	125
2018	92
2019	138
2020	141
2021	156
2022	177
2023	158
2024	175
2025	140

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1933	10.5 °C
1934	11.8 °C
1937	12.7 °C
1938	12.2 °C
1939	10.8 °C
1940	11.5 °C
1941	9.9 °C
1943	10.3 °C
1944	11.9 °C
1945	12.3 °C
1946	11.5 °C
1947	10.5 °C
1948	11.1 °C
1949	10.8 °C
1950	11.3 °C
1951	12.4 °C
1952	11.8 °C
1953	11.0 °C
1954	9.1 °C
1955	10.8 °C
1956	10.3 °C
1957	9.9 °C
1958	11.4 °C
1959	11.4 °C
1960	12.1 °C
1961	12.4 °C
1962	10.3 °C
1963	10.9 °C
1964	10.4 °C
1965	10.8 °C
1966	11.6 °C
1967	12.2 °C
1968	11.1 °C
1969	10.6 °C
1970	11.8 °C
1971	12.1 °C
1972	10.0 °C
1973	11.7 °C
1974	10.4 °C
1975	11.7 °C
1976	12.4 °C
1977	11.9 °C
1978	11.2 °C
1979	12.8 °C
1980	10.8 °C
1981	12.0 °C
1982	10.9 °C
1983	12.8 °C
1984	12.3 °C
1985	11.2 °C
1986	11.4 °C
1987	12.4 °C
1988	11.9 °C
1989	13.3 °C
1990	12.4 °C
1991	10.4 °C
1992	10.8 °C
1993	11.2 °C
1994	11.5 °C
1995	11.4 °C
1996	12.0 °C
1997	11.2 °C
1998	12.2 °C
1999	13.5 °C
2000	11.9 °C
2001	12.8 °C
2002	11.6 °C
2003	12.4 °C
2004	11.9 °C
2005	12.4 °C
2006	13.6 °C
2007	11.6 °C
2008	12.9 °C
2009	12.1 °C
2010	12.7 °C
2011	12.0 °C
2012	14.2 °C
2013	12.7 °C
2014	12.6 °C
2015	11.7 °C
2016	11.9 °C
2017	11.9 °C
2018	11.7 °C
2019	11.5 °C
2020	12.5 °C
2021	13.4 °C
2022	13.6 °C
2023	12.9 °C
2024	14.0 °C
2025	13.2 °C
2026	11.9 °C

What this means for you: Since 1934, Corner Brook's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 2 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Corner Brook (NOAA GHCN-Daily, from Environment and Climate Change Canada). Years with too many missing days are left out.

Nearby towns

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