When to plant in Forestville, CA

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 24

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 1

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 2

1 year in 10 by Oct 11

Frost-free days

218

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Graton · 5.3 km away · station 61 m, town 52 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	Feb 27 – Mar 13	Apr 24 – May 8	Jun 18
Sweet pepper	Feb 13 – Feb 27	Apr 24 – May 8	Jun 23
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 28 – Feb 4	Mar 4 – Mar 18	Apr 13
Peas	—	Feb 18 – Mar 18	Apr 14
Bush beans	—	Apr 17 – May 8	Jun 6
Carrot	—	Dec 31 – Feb 11	Feb 29
Beet	—	Dec 31 – Feb 11	Feb 19
Potato	—	Dec 31 – Jan 21	Mar 10
Kale	Jan 21 – Feb 4	Mar 4 – Mar 18	Apr 16
Broccoli	Jan 21 – Feb 4	Mar 4 – Mar 25	May 3
Cucumber	Mar 27 – Apr 3	Apr 24 – May 8	Jun 13
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 27 – Apr 3	Apr 24 – May 8	Jun 8
Winter squash	Mar 27 – Apr 3	Apr 24 – May 8	Jul 13
Sweet corn	—	Apr 17 – May 8	Jun 16
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 4 – Mar 25	Jun 2
Garlic	—	Oct 19 – Nov 16 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 18 – Mar 18	Mar 28
Basil	Mar 13 – Mar 27	Apr 24 – May 8	Jun 20

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Forestville'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
1926	Jan 27
1927	May 18
1928	Mar 1
1929	Apr 12
1930	Mar 1
1931	Jan 20
1932	Mar 4
1933	Apr 18
1934	Jan 9
1935	Mar 24
1936	Apr 6
1937	Feb 27
1938	Mar 31
1939	Mar 14
1940	Mar 12
1941	Feb 2
1942	Mar 28
1943	Mar 19
1944	Mar 15
1945	Apr 12
1946	Apr 3
1947	Mar 6
1948	Mar 26
1949	Mar 8
1950	May 3
1951	Apr 1
1952	May 5
1953	Apr 12
1954	Apr 1
1955	Apr 27
1956	Mar 13
1957	Mar 23
1958	Mar 17
1959	Feb 13
1960	Apr 24
1961	Apr 20
1962	Mar 13
1963	Apr 21
1964	Apr 24
1965	Apr 11
1966	Mar 21
1967	Apr 29
1968	Apr 24
1969	Apr 4
1970	Apr 29
1971	Apr 21
1972	Apr 19
1973	Apr 2
1974	May 18
1975	Apr 26
1976	Apr 2
1977	May 7
1978	Feb 11
1979	Apr 19
1980	Mar 16
1981	Apr 12
1982	Apr 9
1983	Apr 13
1984	Apr 9
1985	Mar 26
1986	Mar 14
1987	Mar 20
1988	Mar 15
1989	Mar 3
1990	Mar 13
1991	Apr 16
1992	Feb 5
1993	Feb 28
1994	Mar 23
1995	Mar 7
1996	Mar 29
1997	Apr 5
1998	Apr 15
1999	Apr 9
2000	Feb 24
2001	Apr 16
2002	Apr 28
2003	Apr 3
2004	Feb 28
2005	Apr 14
2006	Mar 19
2007	Apr 24
2008	Apr 24
2009	Apr 29
2010	May 22
2011	Apr 12
2012	Apr 8
2013	Apr 16
2014	Feb 17
2015	Apr 6
2016	Mar 29
2017	Apr 9
2018	Mar 26
2019	Mar 13
2020	Mar 27
2021	Apr 8
2022	Mar 12
2023	Apr 4
2025	Mar 9
2026	Feb 21

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1926	280
1928	273
1929	211
1930	248
1931	292
1932	244
1933	202
1934	326
1935	213
1936	209
1937	252
1938	220
1939	224
1940	255
1941	288
1942	222
1943	266
1944	256
1945	208
1946	207
1947	251
1948	217
1949	224
1950	151
1951	228
1952	181
1953	219
1954	241
1955	201
1956	224
1957	225
1958	243
1959	264
1960	212
1961	207
1962	260
1963	229
1964	203
1965	228
1966	246
1967	211
1968	203
1969	183
1970	180
1971	178
1972	194
1973	214
1974	188
1975	179
1976	208
1977	194
1978	260
1979	208
1980	240
1981	230
1982	215
1983	208
1984	205
1985	197
1986	236
1987	239
1988	247
1989	240
1990	232
1991	190
1992	277
1993	251
1994	220
1995	230
1996	204
1997	247
1998	197
1999	226
2000	258
2001	224
2002	185
2003	211
2004	264
2005	221
2006	221
2007	164
2008	169
2009	158
2010	157
2011	204
2012	164
2013	197
2014	272
2015	217
2016	232
2017	209
2018	227
2019	211
2020	225
2021	245
2022	235
2023	205
2025	293

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1926	17.2 °C
1928	16.6 °C
1929	16.1 °C
1930	16.7 °C
1931	17.7 °C
1932	16.9 °C
1933	16.4 °C
1934	17.8 °C
1935	17.2 °C
1936	18.0 °C
1937	17.2 °C
1938	17.0 °C
1939	17.9 °C
1940	17.6 °C
1941	17.5 °C
1942	17.1 °C
1943	17.3 °C
1944	16.2 °C
1945	16.8 °C
1946	16.2 °C
1947	17.2 °C
1948	15.5 °C
1949	16.5 °C
1950	16.5 °C
1951	15.5 °C
1952	16.3 °C
1953	16.0 °C
1954	16.4 °C
1955	15.8 °C
1956	16.3 °C
1957	16.9 °C
1958	17.3 °C
1959	17.6 °C
1960	16.9 °C
1961	17.3 °C
1962	16.4 °C
1963	16.4 °C
1964	16.6 °C
1965	15.9 °C
1966	17.2 °C
1967	16.1 °C
1969	16.9 °C
1970	16.6 °C
1971	16.7 °C
1972	16.6 °C
1973	16.9 °C
1974	16.7 °C
1975	15.9 °C
1976	16.9 °C
1977	17.2 °C
1978	17.6 °C
1979	17.8 °C
1980	16.4 °C
1981	17.7 °C
1982	16.7 °C
1983	17.7 °C
1984	18.1 °C
1985	17.2 °C
1986	16.6 °C
1987	17.1 °C
1988	17.2 °C
1989	17.2 °C
1990	17.8 °C
1991	16.5 °C
1992	17.8 °C
1993	17.5 °C
1994	17.0 °C
1995	17.2 °C
1996	17.3 °C
1997	18.0 °C
1998	16.6 °C
1999	16.3 °C
2000	17.1 °C
2001	17.2 °C
2002	17.1 °C
2003	17.2 °C
2004	18.0 °C
2005	16.8 °C
2006	17.2 °C
2007	17.5 °C
2008	17.5 °C
2009	17.3 °C
2010	16.4 °C
2011	16.8 °C
2012	17.0 °C
2013	18.0 °C
2014	18.2 °C
2015	18.4 °C
2016	17.8 °C
2017	18.5 °C
2018	17.5 °C
2019	18.5 °C
2020	19.1 °C
2021	18.1 °C
2022	19.0 °C
2023	17.9 °C
2024	18.3 °C
2025	17.6 °C
2026	18.1 °C

What this means for you: Since 1926, Forestville's last spring frost has come about 1 day later per decade, on average. The frost-free season has shrunk by about 3 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Graton (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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