When to plant in Drummondville, QC

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

Safe to plant out

May 12

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

May 2

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 10

1 year in 10 by Sep 25

Frost-free days

160

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Drummondville · 0.1 km away · station 82 m, town 89 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	Mar 17 – Mar 31	May 12 – May 26	Jul 6
Sweet pepper	Mar 3 – Mar 17	May 12 – May 26	Jul 11
Lettuce (leaf)	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 17 – May 1	May 27
Peas	—	Apr 17 – May 15	Jun 11
Bush beans	—	May 5 – May 26	Jun 24
Carrot	—	Apr 23 – Jun 4	Jun 22
Beet	—	Apr 23 – Jun 4	Jun 12
Potato	—	Apr 23 – May 14	Jul 2
Kale	Mar 13 – Mar 27	Apr 24 – May 8	Jun 6
Broccoli	Mar 6 – Mar 20	Apr 17 – May 8	Jun 16
Cucumber	Apr 14 – Apr 21	May 12 – May 26	Jul 1
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 14 – Apr 21	May 12 – May 26	Jun 26
Winter squash	Apr 14 – Apr 21	May 12 – May 26	Jul 31
Sweet corn	—	May 5 – May 26	Jul 4
Onion (from sets)	—	Apr 17 – May 8	Jul 16
Garlic	—	Sep 26 – Oct 24 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Apr 17 – May 15	May 25
Basil	Mar 31 – Apr 14	May 12 – May 26	Jul 8

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Drummondville'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
1914	May 13
1915	May 16
1916	May 13
1917	May 28
1918	Jun 19
1919	May 14
1921	May 23
1922	May 1
1923	May 2
1925	May 24
1926	Jun 3
1927	May 8
1928	May 13
1929	May 20
1930	May 19
1931	May 18
1932	May 24
1933	Jun 2
1934	Jun 8
1935	May 24
1936	May 28
1937	Apr 21
1938	May 5
1939	May 18
1940	May 13
1941	May 15
1942	Apr 27
1943	May 14
1944	May 21
1945	Jun 3
1946	May 4
1947	May 16
1948	May 4
1949	May 15
1950	May 14
1951	May 18
1952	May 5
1953	May 3
1954	Apr 27
1955	Apr 28
1956	May 25
1957	May 20
1958	May 15
1959	Apr 28
1960	Apr 29
1961	May 31
1963	May 20
1964	May 21
1965	May 2
1966	May 11
1967	May 8
1968	May 7
1969	May 26
1970	May 7
1971	Apr 24
1972	May 9
1973	May 7
1974	May 5
1975	Apr 30
1976	May 8
1977	May 9
1978	May 4
1979	May 6
1980	May 5
1982	May 22
1983	May 18
1984	Apr 22
1985	May 9
1986	May 4
1987	May 4
1988	Apr 23
1989	Apr 28
1990	Apr 22
1991	Apr 28
1992	May 25
1994	May 13
1995	May 7
1996	May 25
1997	May 7
1998	Apr 27
1999	Apr 28
2000	Apr 26
2001	Apr 28
2002	Apr 29
2003	May 3
2004	May 8
2005	Apr 22
2006	Apr 28
2007	Apr 26
2008	May 10
2009	Apr 20
2010	May 11
2011	Apr 22
2012	Apr 30
2013	Apr 22
2014	Apr 20
2016	May 9
2017	May 9
2018	Apr 23

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1914	135
1915	129
1916	140
1917	104
1918	83
1919	134
1921	138
1922	139
1923	156
1925	121
1926	119
1927	155
1928	133
1929	121
1930	137
1931	143
1932	117
1933	100
1934	114
1935	111
1936	108
1938	123
1939	130
1940	135
1941	120
1942	149
1943	134
1944	125
1945	105
1946	131
1948	152
1949	139
1950	128
1951	134
1952	158
1954	162
1956	118
1957	130
1958	143
1959	141
1960	163
1964	120
1965	147
1966	137
1967	151
1968	151
1969	147
1970	163
1971	171
1972	153
1973	136
1974	141
1975	155
1976	155
1977	151
1978	144
1979	136
1980	146
1982	140
1983	144
1984	157
1985	154
1986	158
1987	157
1988	163
1989	151
1991	154
1992	121
1994	151
1995	175
1996	131
1997	139
1998	161
1999	159
2000	154
2001	163
2002	168
2003	169
2004	164
2005	181
2006	176
2007	185
2008	160
2009	176
2012	165
2014	151
2016	157
2017	160

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1914	13.4 °C
1915	14.6 °C
1916	14.7 °C
1917	13.0 °C
1918	13.4 °C
1919	14.0 °C
1921	15.6 °C
1922	15.0 °C
1923	13.4 °C
1925	14.0 °C
1926	12.9 °C
1927	13.9 °C
1928	14.1 °C
1929	13.9 °C
1930	14.6 °C
1931	15.6 °C
1935	10.3 °C
1936	13.7 °C
1938	15.5 °C
1939	14.5 °C
1940	14.3 °C
1941	15.5 °C
1942	15.2 °C
1944	16.1 °C
1945	16.0 °C
1946	15.0 °C
1948	15.1 °C
1949	15.2 °C
1950	13.9 °C
1951	14.3 °C
1952	15.2 °C
1954	13.6 °C
1955	16.4 °C
1956	13.1 °C
1957	14.2 °C
1958	13.8 °C
1959	15.8 °C
1964	14.7 °C
1965	14.5 °C
1966	14.3 °C
1967	14.9 °C
1968	15.0 °C
1969	14.7 °C
1970	15.6 °C
1971	15.1 °C
1972	14.6 °C
1973	15.8 °C
1974	14.8 °C
1975	16.0 °C
1976	15.2 °C
1977	15.2 °C
1978	15.3 °C
1979	15.8 °C
1980	14.6 °C
1981	15.4 °C
1982	14.2 °C
1983	15.3 °C
1984	15.2 °C
1985	14.8 °C
1986	14.7 °C
1987	15.6 °C
1988	15.5 °C
1989	15.5 °C
1990	14.9 °C
1991	15.8 °C
1992	14.5 °C
1994	14.9 °C
1995	15.3 °C
1996	15.0 °C
1997	14.4 °C
1998	16.6 °C
1999	17.1 °C
2000	14.7 °C
2001	16.5 °C
2002	16.0 °C
2003	15.8 °C
2004	15.6 °C
2005	16.5 °C
2006	16.5 °C
2007	15.9 °C
2008	15.9 °C
2009	15.6 °C
2010	16.8 °C
2011	16.5 °C
2012	17.3 °C
2017	15.8 °C
2018	16.4 °C

What this means for you: Since 1914, Drummondville's last spring frost has come about 2 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 4 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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