When to plant in Tahoe Vista, CA

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

Safe to plant out

Jun 26

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Jun 12

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Sep 23

1 year in 10 by Sep 5

Frost-free days

101

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Tahoe City · 11.3 km away · station 1899 m, town 1900 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	May 1 – May 15	Jun 26 – Jul 10	Aug 20
Sweet pepper	Apr 17 – May 1	Jun 26 – Jul 10	Aug 25
Lettuce (leaf)	Apr 10 – Apr 17	May 15 – May 29	Jun 24
Peas	—	May 1 – May 29	Jun 25
Bush beans	—	Jun 19 – Jul 10	Aug 8
Carrot	—	May 22 – Jul 3	Jul 21
Beet	—	May 15 – Jun 26	Jul 4
Potato	—	May 22 – Jun 12	Jul 31
Kale	Apr 3 – Apr 17	May 15 – May 29	Jun 27
Broccoli	Apr 3 – Apr 17	May 15 – Jun 5	Jul 14
Cucumber	May 29 – Jun 5	Jun 26 – Jul 10	Aug 15
Summer squash and zucchini	May 29 – Jun 5	Jun 26 – Jul 10	Aug 10
Winter squash Season likely too short	May 29 – Jun 5	Jun 26 – Jul 10	Sep 14
Sweet corn	—	Jun 19 – Jul 10	Aug 18
Onion (from sets)	—	May 15 – Jun 5	Aug 13
Garlic	—	Sep 9 – Oct 7 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	May 1 – May 29	Jun 8
Basil	May 15 – May 29	Jun 26 – Jul 10	Aug 22

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Tahoe Vista'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
1910	Jul 4
1911	Jul 1
1912	Jul 4
1913	Jun 29
1914	Jun 27
1915	Jul 7
1916	Jul 6
1917	Jun 29
1918	Jun 2
1919	Jun 17
1920	Jul 12
1921	Jul 3
1922	Jun 10
1923	Jun 26
1924	Jun 19
1925	Jun 6
1926	Jun 15
1927	Jul 5
1928	Jun 29
1929	Jun 19
1930	Jun 24
1931	Jun 29
1932	Jun 8
1933	Jun 19
1934	Jun 26
1935	Jul 10
1936	Jun 2
1937	Jun 17
1938	Jun 19
1939	Jun 18
1940	May 29
1941	Jun 25
1942	Jun 26
1943	Jun 26
1944	Jul 9
1945	Jun 16
1946	Jun 24
1947	Jun 22
1948	Jun 17
1949	Jun 2
1950	Jun 25
1951	Jul 4
1952	Jun 30
1953	Jun 27
1954	Jun 18
1955	Jul 6
1956	Jun 20
1957	Jun 16
1958	Jun 4
1959	Jun 10
1960	May 27
1961	May 31
1962	Jun 7
1963	Jun 30
1964	Jun 19
1965	Jun 15
1966	Jun 4
1967	Jun 13
1968	Jun 13
1969	Jun 28
1970	Jun 11
1971	Jun 5
1972	Jun 11
1973	Jun 18
1974	Jul 11
1975	Jul 2
1976	Jun 12
1978	Jun 24
1979	Jun 18
1980	Jun 13
1981	Jun 15
1982	Jun 8
1983	Jul 9
1984	Jun 21
1985	Jun 2
1986	May 22
1987	Jun 1
1988	Jun 9
1989	Jul 1
1990	Jun 13
1991	Jun 26
1992	Jun 16
1993	Jun 22
1994	Jun 18
1995	Jun 21
1996	Jun 27
1997	Jul 1
1998	May 30
1999	Jun 10
2000	May 17
2001	Jun 13
2002	Jun 9
2003	May 20
2004	Jun 11
2005	Jun 19
2006	Jun 14
2007	Jun 7
2008	Jun 11
2009	May 14
2010	Jun 17
2011	Jun 7
2012	Jun 26
2013	Jun 20
2014	Jun 26
2015	May 19
2016	Jun 7
2017	Jun 13
2018	Jun 10
2019	Jun 8
2020	Jun 17
2021	Jun 10
2022	Jun 19
2023	Jun 21
2024	Jun 18
2025	Jun 27
2026	May 30

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1910	89
1911	64
1912	42
1913	45
1914	69
1915	65
1916	20
1917	69
1918	112
1919	79
1920	7
1921	64
1922	65
1923	39
1924	92
1925	77
1926	62
1927	63
1928	71
1929	80
1930	78
1931	71
1932	82
1933	81
1934	88
1935	80
1936	103
1937	79
1938	77
1939	87
1940	112
1941	67
1942	84
1943	106
1944	23
1945	98
1946	74
1947	60
1948	93
1949	118
1950	40
1951	85
1952	71
1953	93
1954	57
1955	71
1956	112
1957	74
1958	100
1959	96
1960	87
1961	108
1962	119
1963	103
1964	73
1965	93
1966	101
1967	111
1968	69
1969	96
1970	85
1971	104
1972	91
1973	66
1974	64
1975	96
1976	55
1979	123
1980	98
1981	110
1982	99
1983	10
1984	94
1985	99
1986	110
1987	47
1988	100
1989	63
1990	116
1991	116
1992	108
1993	88
1994	84
1995	99
1996	69
1997	75
1998	102
1999	118
2000	110
2001	117
2002	89
2003	142
2004	100
2005	83
2006	93
2007	108
2008	81
2009	138
2010	83
2011	119
2012	116
2013	93
2014	91
2015	108
2016	106
2017	99
2018	118
2019	100
2020	127
2021	110
2022	94
2023	92
2024	67
2025	97

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1910	11.6 °C
1911	8.9 °C
1912	8.8 °C
1913	10.2 °C
1914	10.3 °C
1915	10.2 °C
1916	9.6 °C
1917	10.6 °C
1918	11.1 °C
1919	12.0 °C
1920	10.6 °C
1921	10.9 °C
1922	11.1 °C
1923	10.3 °C
1924	12.1 °C
1925	11.2 °C
1926	12.3 °C
1927	10.5 °C
1928	12.2 °C
1929	11.2 °C
1930	11.3 °C
1931	12.9 °C
1932	11.3 °C
1933	10.9 °C
1934	12.6 °C
1935	11.6 °C
1936	11.7 °C
1937	11.7 °C
1938	11.3 °C
1939	12.3 °C
1940	12.3 °C
1941	10.4 °C
1942	10.7 °C
1943	11.1 °C
1944	10.1 °C
1945	10.9 °C
1946	11.4 °C
1947	11.3 °C
1948	10.1 °C
1949	11.5 °C
1950	10.7 °C
1951	11.1 °C
1952	10.6 °C
1953	9.5 °C
1954	11.0 °C
1955	10.3 °C
1956	10.4 °C
1957	10.9 °C
1958	10.9 °C
1959	11.5 °C
1960	12.2 °C
1961	12.0 °C
1962	11.7 °C
1963	10.4 °C
1964	10.6 °C
1965	10.3 °C
1966	12.4 °C
1967	11.0 °C
1968	11.3 °C
1969	11.9 °C
1970	11.4 °C
1971	11.0 °C
1972	11.8 °C
1973	11.3 °C
1974	11.3 °C
1975	10.4 °C
1976	10.4 °C
1979	11.5 °C
1980	10.7 °C
1981	12.8 °C
1982	10.5 °C
1983	10.3 °C
1984	12.1 °C
1985	12.0 °C
1986	11.7 °C
1987	12.7 °C
1988	12.8 °C
1989	12.0 °C
1990	12.4 °C
1991	11.7 °C
1992	13.4 °C
1993	11.6 °C
1994	12.9 °C
1995	10.8 °C
1996	11.9 °C
1997	12.0 °C
1998	10.8 °C
1999	11.1 °C
2000	12.4 °C
2001	13.0 °C
2002	12.7 °C
2003	12.2 °C
2004	12.3 °C
2005	11.3 °C
2006	12.3 °C
2007	12.3 °C
2008	12.2 °C
2009	12.4 °C
2010	10.8 °C
2011	10.6 °C
2012	12.8 °C
2013	12.8 °C
2014	13.1 °C
2015	12.9 °C
2016	12.8 °C
2017	12.6 °C
2018	13.1 °C
2019	11.6 °C
2020	12.6 °C
2021	13.6 °C
2022	12.4 °C
2023	11.0 °C
2024	12.4 °C
2025	12.2 °C
2026	12.3 °C

What this means for you: Since 1910, Tahoe Vista's last spring frost has come about 1 day 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 Tahoe City (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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