When to plant in Iowa
Choose your town for planting dates worked out from its own frost records. 282 towns in Iowa so far.
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All towns, A to Z
- Ackley · safe after May 13
- Adel · safe after May 7
- Akron · safe after May 17
- Albia · safe after May 5
- Algona · safe after May 10
- Allison · safe after May 11
- Alta · safe after May 3
- Alton · safe after May 14
- Altoona · safe after May 8
- Ames · safe after May 8
- Anamosa · safe after May 20
- Ankeny · safe after May 10
- Aplington · safe after May 11
- Arnolds Park · safe after May 14
- Asbury · safe after May 13
- Atkins · safe after May 9
- Atlantic · safe after May 14
- Audubon · safe after May 12
- Avoca · safe after May 11
- Baxter · safe after May 4
- Bedford · safe after May 12
- Belle Plaine · safe after May 14
- Bellevue · safe after May 16
- Belmond · safe after May 9
- Bettendorf · safe after Apr 28
- Bloomfield · safe after May 2
- Blue Grass · safe after May 5
- Bondurant · safe after May 10
- Boone · safe after May 15
- Britt · safe after May 9
- Brooklyn · safe after May 16
- Buffalo · safe after Apr 28
- Burlington · safe after May 1
- Camanche · safe after May 4
- Carlisle · safe after Apr 30
- Carroll · safe after May 12
- Carter Lake · safe after May 3
- Cascade · safe after May 16
- Cedar Falls · safe after May 16
- Cedar Rapids · safe after May 12
- Center Point · safe after May 12
- Centerville · safe after May 15
- Centerville (near Ottumwa) · safe after May 13
- Central City · safe after May 12
- Chariton · safe after May 17
- Charles City · safe after May 16
- Cherokee · safe after May 16
- Clarinda · safe after May 11
- Clarion · safe after May 16
- Clarksville · safe after May 11
- Clear Lake · safe after May 17
- Clinton · safe after Apr 24
- Clive · safe after Apr 30
- Colfax · safe after May 3
- Columbus Junction · safe after May 5
- Conrad · safe after May 15
- Coon Rapids · safe after May 12
- Coralville · safe after May 9
- Corning · safe after May 8
- Corydon · safe after May 3
- Council Bluffs · safe after May 3
- Cresco · safe after May 20
- Creston · safe after May 6
- Dallas Center · safe after May 8
- Davenport · safe after Apr 28
- De Soto · safe after May 7
- De Witt · safe after May 4
- Decorah · safe after May 21
- Denison · safe after May 9
- Denver · safe after May 16
- Des Moines · safe after Apr 30
- Dike · safe after May 10
- Dubuque · safe after Apr 30
- Durant · safe after May 4
- Dyersville · safe after May 16
- Dysart · safe after May 10
- Eagle Grove · safe after May 16
- Earlham · safe after May 7
- Eddyville · safe after May 5
- Eldora · safe after May 10
- Eldridge · safe after May 5
- Elk Run Heights · safe after May 16
- Elkader · safe after May 21
- Ely · safe after May 9
- Emmetsburg · safe after May 11
- Epworth · safe after May 13
- Estherville · safe after May 15
- Evansdale · safe after May 16
- Fairbank · safe after May 14
- Fairfax · safe after May 9
- Fairfield · safe after May 4
- Farley · safe after May 16
- Fayette · safe after May 20
- Forest City · safe after May 10
- Fort Dodge · safe after May 6
- Fort Madison · safe after Apr 20
- Garner · safe after May 9
- George · safe after May 16
- Gilbert · safe after May 8
- Glenwood · safe after May 4
- Glidden · safe after May 12
- Granger · safe after May 8
- Greene · safe after May 11
- Greenfield · safe after May 5
- Grimes · safe after May 8
- Grinnell · safe after May 16
- Grundy Center · safe after May 10
- Guthrie Center · safe after May 14
- Guttenberg · safe after May 3
- Hamburg · safe after Apr 28
- Hampton · safe after May 9
- Harlan · safe after May 11
- Hartley · safe after May 15
- Hawarden · safe after May 17
- Hiawatha · safe after May 12
- Holstein · safe after May 3
- Hudson · safe after May 16
- Hull · safe after May 14
- Humboldt · safe after May 6
- Huxley · safe after May 9
- Ida Grove · safe after May 16
- Independence · safe after May 14
- Indianola · safe after May 9
- Iowa City · safe after May 9
- Iowa Falls · safe after May 13
- Jefferson · safe after May 8
- Jesup · safe after May 14
- Jewell · safe after May 16
- Johnston · safe after May 8
- Kalona · safe after May 9
- Keokuk · safe after Apr 18
- Kingsley · safe after May 12
- Knoxville · safe after May 1
- La Porte City · safe after May 12
- Lake City · safe after May 11
- Lake Mills · safe after May 10
- Lake Panorama · safe after May 14
- Lake Park · safe after May 10
- Lake View · safe after May 11
- Lamoni · safe after Apr 29
- Laurens · safe after May 7
- Le Claire · safe after Apr 24
- Le Mars · safe after May 12
- Lenox · safe after May 6
- Leon · safe after May 16
- Lisbon · safe after May 12
- Logan · safe after May 12
- Lone Tree · safe after May 7
- Madrid · safe after May 4
- Maharishi Vedic City · safe after May 4
- Malvern · safe after May 4
- Manchester · safe after May 17
- Manly · safe after May 16
- Manning · safe after May 9
- Manson · safe after May 11
- Mapleton · safe after May 16
- Maquoketa · safe after May 15
- Marcus · safe after May 16
- Marengo · safe after May 14
- Marion · safe after May 12
- Marshalltown · safe after May 12
- Mason City · safe after May 16
- Mechanicsville · safe after May 6
- Mediapolis · safe after Apr 19
- Melcher-Dallas · safe after May 1
- Milford · safe after May 16
- Missouri Valley · safe after May 12
- Mitchellville · safe after May 8
- Monona · safe after May 12
- Monroe · safe after May 3
- Montezuma · safe after May 16
- Monticello · safe after May 16
- Mount Ayr · safe after May 11
- Mount Pleasant · safe after May 7
- Mount Vernon · safe after May 12
- Moville · safe after May 12
- Muscatine · safe after May 4
- Nashua · safe after May 16
- Nevada · safe after May 6
- New Hampton · safe after May 15
- New London · safe after May 7
- New Sharon · safe after May 16
- Newton · safe after May 4
- Nora Springs · safe after May 16
- North English · safe after May 14
- North Liberty · safe after May 9
- Northwood · safe after May 13
- Norwalk · safe after Apr 30
- Oakland · safe after May 8
- Oakland (near Iowa Falls) · safe after May 13
- Oelwein · safe after May 14
- Ogden · safe after May 15
- Onawa · safe after May 5
- Orange City · safe after May 14
- Osage · safe after May 12
- Osceola · safe after May 13
- Oskaloosa · safe after May 5
- Ottumwa · safe after May 5
- Palo · safe after May 12
- Panora · safe after May 14
- Park View · safe after May 5
- Parkersburg · safe after May 11
- Paullina · safe after May 14
- Pella · safe after May 1
- Peosta · safe after May 13
- Perry · safe after May 8
- Pleasant Hill · safe after Apr 30
- Pleasantville · safe after May 1
- Pocahontas · safe after May 7
- Polk City · safe after May 8
- Postville · safe after May 20
- Prairie City · safe after May 3
- Preston · safe after May 15
- Red Oak · safe after May 12
- Reinbeck · safe after May 10
- Remsen · safe after May 12
- Riverside · safe after May 7
- Robins · safe after May 12
- Rock Rapids · safe after May 16
- Rock Valley · safe after May 14
- Rockwell · safe after May 16
- Rockwell City · safe after May 11
- Roland · safe after May 6
- Sac City · safe after May 11
- Saint Ansgar · safe after May 12
- Sanborn · safe after May 15
- Saylorville · safe after May 10
- Sergeant Bluff · safe after May 12
- Sheffield · safe after May 9
- Sheldon · safe after May 20
- Shell Rock · safe after May 11
- Shenandoah · safe after May 4
- Sibley · safe after May 15
- Sidney · safe after Apr 28
- Sigourney · safe after May 5
- Sioux Center · safe after May 14
- Sioux City · safe after May 12
- Slater · safe after May 8
- Solon · safe after May 9
- Spencer · safe after May 13
- Spirit Lake · safe after May 14
- Springville · safe after May 12
- State Center · safe after May 6
- Storm Lake · safe after May 3
- Story City · safe after May 8
- Strawberry Point · safe after May 21
- Stuart · safe after May 14
- Sumner · safe after May 13
- Tama · safe after May 10
- Tiffin · safe after May 9
- Tipton · safe after May 6
- Toledo · safe after May 10
- Traer · safe after May 10
- Tripoli · safe after May 13
- University Heights · safe after May 9
- Urbana · safe after May 12
- Urbandale · safe after Apr 30
- Van Meter · safe after May 7
- Villisca · safe after May 8
- Vinton · safe after May 12
- Walcott · safe after May 5
- Walford · safe after May 9
- Wapello · safe after May 10
- Washington · safe after May 5
- Waterloo · safe after May 16
- Waukee · safe after May 8
- Waukon · safe after May 21
- Waverly · safe after May 16
- Webster City · safe after May 16
- Wellman · safe after May 5
- West Branch · safe after May 7
- West Burlington · safe after May 1
- West Des Moines · safe after Apr 30
- West Liberty · safe after May 7
- West Union · safe after May 20
- Williamsburg · safe after May 14
- Wilton · safe after May 4
- Windsor Heights · safe after Apr 30
- Winfield · safe after May 5
- Winterset · safe after May 7
- Woodbine · safe after May 12
- Woodward · safe after May 8