When to plant in Lone Pine, CA

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 18

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 31

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 4

1 year in 10 by Oct 23

Frost-free days

213

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Independence · 24.7 km away · station 1204 m, town 1136 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 21 – Mar 7	Apr 18 – May 2	Jun 12
Sweet pepper	Feb 7 – Feb 21	Apr 18 – May 2	Jun 17
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 27 – Feb 3	Mar 3 – Mar 17	Apr 12
Peas	—	Feb 17 – Mar 17	Apr 13
Bush beans	—	Apr 11 – May 2	May 31
Carrot	—	Mar 10 – Apr 21	May 9
Beet	—	Mar 3 – Apr 14	Apr 22
Potato	—	Mar 10 – Mar 31	May 19
Kale	Jan 20 – Feb 3	Mar 3 – Mar 17	Apr 15
Broccoli	Jan 20 – Feb 3	Mar 3 – Mar 24	May 2
Cucumber	Mar 21 – Mar 28	Apr 18 – May 2	Jun 7
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 21 – Mar 28	Apr 18 – May 2	Jun 2
Winter squash	Mar 21 – Mar 28	Apr 18 – May 2	Jul 7
Sweet corn	—	Apr 11 – May 2	Jun 10
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 3 – Mar 24	Jun 1
Garlic	—	Oct 21 – Nov 18 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 17 – Mar 17	Mar 27
Basil	Mar 7 – Mar 21	Apr 18 – May 2	Jun 14

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Lone Pine'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
1893	Apr 14
1894	Apr 28
1895	Apr 5
1898	Mar 29
1899	Mar 18
1900	Mar 7
1901	Apr 9
1902	Apr 2
1903	Apr 11
1904	Apr 27
1905	Mar 31
1906	Apr 4
1907	Mar 29
1908	May 9
1909	Apr 9
1910	Mar 28
1911	Apr 15
1912	Jun 23
1913	May 2
1914	Apr 23
1915	May 5
1916	May 24
1917	Apr 19
1918	Apr 14
1919	Mar 22
1920	Apr 17
1921	May 18
1922	Apr 19
1923	Apr 7
1924	Apr 17
1925	Apr 22
1926	Apr 3
1927	May 22
1928	Apr 9
1929	Apr 11
1930	May 5
1931	Mar 27
1932	Apr 27
1933	Apr 18
1934	Feb 27
1935	Apr 9
1936	Apr 4
1937	Apr 28
1938	Apr 1
1939	Apr 13
1940	Apr 2
1941	Apr 17
1942	Apr 29
1943	Mar 19
1944	Apr 21
1945	Apr 12
1971	Apr 22
1972	Apr 20
1973	May 1
1974	Apr 26
1975	Apr 17
1976	Apr 27
1977	May 7
1978	Apr 17
1979	Apr 3
1980	May 25
1981	Mar 14
1982	Apr 7
1983	Apr 14
1984	Apr 26
1985	Mar 26
1986	Feb 11
1987	Mar 29
1988	Mar 15
1989	Mar 17
1990	Mar 14
1991	Apr 12
1993	Mar 2
1994	Mar 25
1995	Mar 26
1996	Mar 29
1998	May 14
1999	Apr 11
2000	Mar 11
2001	Apr 9
2002	Apr 19
2003	Apr 7
2004	Mar 1
2005	Apr 21
2006	Apr 7
2008	Mar 18
2009	Apr 16
2010	Apr 7
2012	Apr 13
2013	Mar 9
2014	Apr 2
2015	Apr 9
2016	Feb 27
2017	Mar 7

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1893	191
1894	155
1895	210
1898	224
1899	207
1900	235
1901	217
1902	224
1903	229
1904	210
1905	234
1906	201
1907	233
1908	146
1909	202
1910	235
1911	202
1912	108
1913	156
1914	202
1915	186
1916	131
1917	181
1918	194
1919	216
1920	184
1921	160
1922	193
1923	204
1924	176
1925	193
1926	224
1927	139
1928	185
1929	201
1931	229
1932	190
1933	201
1934	266
1935	196
1936	210
1937	193
1938	198
1939	195
1940	207
1941	222
1942	188
1943	214
1944	205
1971	177
1973	186
1974	188
1975	189
1976	185
1977	185
1978	196
1979	210
1980	172
1981	256
1982	209
1983	221
1984	172
1985	209
1986	268
1987	234
1988	244
1989	222
1990	237
1991	198
1993	251
1994	223
1995	211
1996	206
1998	156
1999	221
2000	213
2001	224
2002	196
2003	206
2004	241
2005	215
2006	231
2009	195
2010	204
2012	210
2013	236
2014	216
2015	210
2016	262

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1893	20.1 °C
1894	21.0 °C
1895	20.9 °C
1898	22.1 °C
1899	21.2 °C
1900	20.1 °C
1901	20.7 °C
1902	20.9 °C
1903	21.0 °C
1904	21.5 °C
1905	20.8 °C
1906	20.3 °C
1907	19.7 °C
1908	19.6 °C
1909	20.0 °C
1910	21.6 °C
1911	19.3 °C
1912	18.9 °C
1913	19.3 °C
1914	19.5 °C
1915	19.4 °C
1916	19.0 °C
1917	19.9 °C
1918	20.4 °C
1919	21.9 °C
1920	20.4 °C
1921	20.5 °C
1922	20.8 °C
1923	20.1 °C
1924	21.9 °C
1925	20.8 °C
1926	22.0 °C
1927	20.5 °C
1928	21.6 °C
1929	21.6 °C
1931	22.2 °C
1932	21.6 °C
1933	20.9 °C
1934	22.3 °C
1935	21.3 °C
1936	21.7 °C
1937	21.5 °C
1938	20.4 °C
1939	21.7 °C
1940	22.4 °C
1941	19.9 °C
1942	21.4 °C
1943	21.4 °C
1944	20.4 °C
1971	21.5 °C
1973	22.0 °C
1974	22.5 °C
1975	21.1 °C
1976	20.7 °C
1977	21.4 °C
1978	20.9 °C
1979	22.8 °C
1980	21.3 °C
1981	24.1 °C
1982	21.8 °C
1983	21.6 °C
1984	23.4 °C
1985	23.4 °C
1986	24.1 °C
1987	22.8 °C
1988	23.9 °C
1989	24.7 °C
1990	23.1 °C
1991	21.8 °C
1992	23.1 °C
1993	22.3 °C
1994	23.9 °C
1995	21.9 °C
1996	24.1 °C
1997	22.7 °C
1998	20.8 °C
1999	21.5 °C
2000	23.6 °C
2001	23.8 °C
2002	23.7 °C
2003	23.9 °C
2004	24.0 °C
2006	23.6 °C
2009	23.8 °C
2010	22.6 °C
2011	22.9 °C
2012	25.0 °C
2013	25.0 °C
2014	24.7 °C
2015	24.3 °C
2016	24.7 °C
2017	24.6 °C

What this means for you: Since 1893, Lone Pine's last spring frost has come about 2 days 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 Independence (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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