When to plant in Hartwell, GA

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 4

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 22

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 17

1 year in 10 by Nov 3

Frost-free days

237

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Hartwell · 0.2 km away · station 245 m, town 244 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 7 – Feb 21	Apr 4 – Apr 18	May 29
Sweet pepper	Jan 24 – Feb 7	Apr 4 – Apr 18	Jun 3
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 18 – Jan 25	Feb 22 – Mar 8	Apr 3
Peas	—	Feb 8 – Mar 8	Apr 4
Bush beans	—	Mar 28 – Apr 18	May 17
Carrot	—	Mar 1 – Apr 12	Apr 30
Beet	—	Feb 22 – Apr 5	Apr 13
Potato	—	Mar 1 – Mar 22	May 10
Kale	Jan 11 – Jan 25	Feb 22 – Mar 8	Apr 6
Broccoli	Jan 11 – Jan 25	Feb 22 – Mar 15	Apr 23
Cucumber	Mar 7 – Mar 14	Apr 4 – Apr 18	May 24
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 7 – Mar 14	Apr 4 – Apr 18	May 19
Winter squash	Mar 7 – Mar 14	Apr 4 – Apr 18	Jun 23
Sweet corn	—	Mar 28 – Apr 18	May 27
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 22 – Mar 15	May 23
Garlic	—	Nov 3 – Dec 1 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 8 – Mar 8	Mar 18
Basil	Feb 21 – Mar 7	Apr 4 – Apr 18	May 31

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Hartwell'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
1909	Mar 16
1912	Mar 16
1913	Mar 29
1914	Mar 25
1915	Apr 4
1917	Mar 7
1918	Feb 23
1919	Apr 26
1920	Apr 14
1921	Apr 19
1922	Mar 22
1923	Apr 2
1925	Apr 1
1926	Apr 20
1927	Mar 25
1928	Mar 22
1929	Mar 18
1930	Mar 31
1931	Mar 30
1932	Mar 23
1933	Mar 22
1934	Mar 16
1935	Mar 13
1936	Apr 4
1937	Apr 12
1938	Apr 10
1939	Mar 20
1940	Apr 13
1941	Mar 28
1942	Apr 12
1943	Apr 16
1944	Apr 6
1945	Apr 7
1946	Mar 12
1947	Mar 29
1948	Mar 29
1949	Apr 17
1950	Apr 16
1951	Mar 22
1952	Mar 25
1953	Apr 21
1954	Mar 22
1955	Mar 30
1956	Apr 8
1957	Mar 28
1958	Mar 22
1959	Mar 19
1960	Apr 11
1962	Apr 16
1963	Mar 22
1964	Apr 9
1965	Mar 22
1966	Mar 29
1967	Mar 19
1968	Mar 24
1969	Mar 28
1970	Mar 17
1971	Mar 30
1972	Apr 10
1973	Apr 11
1974	Apr 11
1975	Apr 4
1976	Mar 17
1977	Mar 8
1978	Mar 17
1979	Feb 27
1981	Mar 19
1982	Mar 28
1983	Apr 19
1984	Mar 31
1985	Mar 20
1986	Mar 23
1987	Mar 31
1988	Mar 17
1990	Mar 20
1991	Mar 12
1993	Apr 2
1994	Mar 10
1996	Mar 23
1997	Mar 16
1998	Mar 14
1999	Mar 12
2000	Apr 9
2001	Mar 27
2002	Mar 23
2003	Mar 31
2004	Apr 2
2005	Mar 18
2006	Mar 26
2007	Apr 9
2008	Mar 25
2009	Apr 8
2010	Mar 7
2012	Mar 6
2013	Mar 29
2014	Mar 27
2015	Mar 30
2016	Feb 28
2017	Mar 17
2018	Mar 23
2019	Mar 20
2020	Mar 7
2021	Apr 3
2022	Mar 15
2023	Mar 22
2024	Mar 25
2025	Mar 3
2026	Mar 19

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1909	222
1914	216
1915	225
1917	230
1920	198
1921	207
1922	244
1923	212
1925	209
1926	188
1927	226
1928	232
1929	231
1930	207
1931	217
1932	233
1933	231
1934	226
1935	207
1936	225
1937	194
1938	212
1939	225
1940	207
1941	225
1942	197
1943	184
1944	204
1945	211
1946	255
1947	232
1948	203
1950	209
1951	226
1952	209
1953	199
1954	222
1955	218
1956	215
1957	213
1958	233
1959	234
1960	208
1962	191
1963	225
1964	226
1965	216
1966	218
1967	229
1968	231
1969	231
1970	243
1971	222
1972	218
1973	212
1974	194
1975	223
1976	225
1977	247
1978	267
1979	240
1981	247
1982	221
1983	208
1984	225
1985	257
1986	235
1990	254
1994	257
1996	224
1997	244
1998	284
2000	219
2001	214
2002	239
2003	228
2004	237
2005	244
2006	222
2007	202
2008	237
2009	236
2010	244
2012	263
2013	228
2014	220
2015	237
2016	283
2017	247
2018	237
2019	237
2020	268
2021	224
2022	247
2023	225
2024	248
2025	252

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1908	22.8 °C
1909	23.0 °C
1914	23.7 °C
1915	23.6 °C
1917	22.4 °C
1919	22.9 °C
1920	22.0 °C
1921	23.6 °C
1922	23.3 °C
1923	22.9 °C
1925	25.3 °C
1926	23.7 °C
1927	23.1 °C
1928	21.9 °C
1929	22.9 °C
1930	23.6 °C
1931	23.5 °C
1932	23.0 °C
1933	23.6 °C
1934	23.2 °C
1935	22.8 °C
1936	23.4 °C
1937	22.9 °C
1938	22.9 °C
1939	23.2 °C
1940	22.2 °C
1941	23.6 °C
1942	23.1 °C
1943	23.2 °C
1944	23.1 °C
1945	22.8 °C
1946	22.1 °C
1947	23.0 °C
1948	22.9 °C
1950	22.5 °C
1951	23.4 °C
1952	24.2 °C
1953	24.2 °C
1954	24.4 °C
1955	24.0 °C
1956	23.4 °C
1957	23.9 °C
1958	23.4 °C
1959	23.7 °C
1960	23.3 °C
1962	24.1 °C
1963	23.2 °C
1964	23.2 °C
1965	23.7 °C
1966	22.8 °C
1967	22.3 °C
1968	23.4 °C
1969	23.3 °C
1970	24.0 °C
1971	23.3 °C
1972	23.1 °C
1973	22.4 °C
1974	22.4 °C
1975	22.9 °C
1976	21.8 °C
1977	24.3 °C
1978	23.6 °C
1979	22.2 °C
1981	23.3 °C
1982	23.2 °C
1983	23.0 °C
1984	21.9 °C
1985	23.1 °C
1986	24.3 °C
1989	22.3 °C
1990	23.2 °C
1993	23.4 °C
1994	21.9 °C
1996	22.0 °C
1997	20.8 °C
1998	23.3 °C
1999	22.6 °C
2000	22.4 °C
2001	21.9 °C
2002	23.0 °C
2003	21.5 °C
2004	22.4 °C
2005	22.1 °C
2006	22.7 °C
2007	22.6 °C
2008	22.3 °C
2009	22.1 °C
2010	23.6 °C
2011	23.3 °C
2012	22.8 °C
2013	21.6 °C
2014	22.6 °C
2015	23.3 °C
2016	23.9 °C
2017	22.9 °C
2018	23.3 °C
2019	23.9 °C
2020	22.2 °C
2021	22.4 °C
2022	23.2 °C
2023	22.4 °C
2024	23.7 °C
2025	23.1 °C
2026	24.2 °C

What this means for you: Since 1909, Hartwell's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown 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 Hartwell (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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