When to plant in Cambria, IL

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 21

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 10

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 18

1 year in 10 by Oct 5

Frost-free days

190

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Carbondale Sewage Plt · 7.0 km away · station 119 m, town 130 m. How we match towns to stations

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 24 – Mar 10	Apr 21 – May 5	Jun 15
Sweet pepper	Feb 10 – Feb 24	Apr 21 – May 5	Jun 20
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 6 – Feb 13	Mar 13 – Mar 27	Apr 22
Peas	—	Mar 8 – Apr 5	May 2
Bush beans	—	Apr 14 – May 5	Jun 3
Carrot	—	Mar 20 – May 1	May 19
Beet	—	Mar 19 – Apr 30	May 8
Potato	—	Mar 20 – Apr 10	May 29
Kale	Feb 1 – Feb 15	Mar 15 – Mar 29	Apr 27
Broccoli	Jan 30 – Feb 13	Mar 13 – Apr 3	May 12
Cucumber	Mar 24 – Mar 31	Apr 21 – May 5	Jun 10
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 24 – Mar 31	Apr 21 – May 5	Jun 5
Winter squash	Mar 24 – Mar 31	Apr 21 – May 5	Jul 10
Sweet corn	—	Apr 14 – May 5	Jun 13
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 13 – Apr 3	Jun 11
Garlic	—	Oct 4 – Nov 1 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 8 – Apr 5	Apr 15
Basil	Mar 10 – Mar 24	Apr 21 – May 5	Jun 17

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Cambria'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
1899	Apr 10
1900	Apr 14
1901	Apr 21
1903	May 4
1910	Apr 25
1911	Apr 10
1912	Apr 19
1913	Apr 5
1914	Apr 13
1915	Apr 4
1916	Apr 9
1917	Apr 14
1918	Apr 13
1919	Apr 26
1920	Apr 14
1921	Apr 18
1922	Apr 23
1923	Apr 18
1924	Apr 2
1925	Apr 6
1926	Apr 20
1927	Apr 22
1928	Apr 28
1929	Mar 18
1930	Apr 25
1931	Apr 23
1932	Apr 27
1933	Mar 26
1934	Apr 29
1935	Apr 16
1936	Apr 23
1937	Apr 11
1938	Apr 10
1939	Apr 12
1940	May 4
1941	Mar 29
1942	Mar 31
1943	Apr 21
1944	Apr 6
1945	Apr 5
1946	Apr 17
1947	Mar 30
1949	Apr 19
1950	Apr 16
1951	Apr 23
1952	Apr 17
1953	Apr 21
1954	Apr 2
1955	Apr 9
1956	Apr 24
1957	Apr 15
1958	Apr 8
1959	Apr 23
1960	Apr 10
1961	Apr 29
1962	Apr 16
1963	May 1
1964	Apr 9
1965	Apr 1
1966	Apr 10
1967	Mar 22
1968	Apr 6
1969	Mar 31
1970	Apr 7
1971	Apr 7
1973	Apr 14
1974	Apr 17
1975	Apr 14
1976	May 4
1977	Mar 25
1978	May 2
1979	Apr 7
1980	May 9
1981	Apr 6
1982	Apr 24
1983	Apr 25
1987	Apr 9
1988	Apr 20
1989	Apr 13
1990	Apr 13
1992	Apr 29
1993	Apr 24
1994	Apr 8
1995	Apr 6
1996	Apr 11
1997	Apr 18
1998	Apr 5
1999	Mar 28
2000	Apr 9
2001	Apr 19
2002	Apr 6
2003	Apr 1
2004	Apr 15
2005	Mar 21
2006	Mar 27
2007	Apr 14
2008	Apr 16
2009	Apr 9
2010	Mar 31
2011	Apr 2
2012	Apr 13
2013	Apr 25
2014	Apr 17
2015	Mar 30
2016	Apr 10
2017	Mar 20
2018	Apr 20
2019	Apr 15
2020	Apr 18
2021	Apr 23
2022	May 18
2023	Apr 3
2024	Apr 6
2025	Apr 8
2026	Mar 18

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1900	186
1901	150
1903	133
1910	185
1911	196
1912	187
1913	198
1914	196
1915	187
1916	184
1917	176
1918	201
1919	189
1920	197
1921	172
1922	172
1923	170
1924	202
1925	186
1926	187
1927	174
1928	148
1929	231
1930	177
1931	177
1932	161
1933	226
1934	181
1935	172
1936	183
1937	185
1938	196
1939	171
1940	145
1941	213
1942	180
1943	178
1944	212
1945	186
1946	208
1947	222
1949	163
1950	171
1951	179
1952	168
1953	168
1954	199
1955	192
1956	185
1957	178
1958	176
1959	177
1960	192
1961	168
1962	190
1963	180
1964	179
1965	205
1966	192
1967	203
1968	181
1969	200
1970	191
1971	210
1973	205
1974	168
1975	171
1976	158
1977	201
1978	158
1979	182
1980	148
1981	179
1982	175
1983	149
1987	177
1988	167
1990	180
1992	171
1993	180
1994	199
1995	169
1996	190
1997	186
1998	200
1999	191
2000	181
2001	180
2002	190
2003	208
2004	173
2005	218
2006	199
2007	197
2008	194
2009	191
2010	186
2011	201
2012	180
2013	179
2014	188
2015	200
2016	213
2017	222
2018	183
2019	199
2020	169
2022	143
2023	210
2024	192
2025	215

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1900	22.2 °C
1901	22.2 °C
1902	21.8 °C
1910	21.3 °C
1911	23.3 °C
1912	21.8 °C
1913	22.4 °C
1914	23.0 °C
1915	21.6 °C
1916	21.9 °C
1917	20.6 °C
1918	21.8 °C
1919	22.4 °C
1920	21.0 °C
1921	23.0 °C
1922	22.3 °C
1923	21.4 °C
1924	20.9 °C
1925	23.1 °C
1926	22.0 °C
1927	21.2 °C
1928	20.6 °C
1929	21.2 °C
1930	22.8 °C
1931	22.3 °C
1932	22.3 °C
1933	22.4 °C
1934	22.6 °C
1935	21.2 °C
1936	23.4 °C
1937	21.7 °C
1938	22.4 °C
1939	22.2 °C
1940	20.9 °C
1941	23.4 °C
1942	21.5 °C
1943	21.8 °C
1944	22.3 °C
1945	20.6 °C
1946	21.4 °C
1947	21.4 °C
1949	21.1 °C
1950	20.2 °C
1951	20.8 °C
1952	21.9 °C
1953	21.8 °C
1954	22.3 °C
1955	22.0 °C
1956	21.0 °C
1957	21.7 °C
1958	20.9 °C
1959	21.8 °C
1960	21.5 °C
1961	20.4 °C
1962	21.7 °C
1963	21.5 °C
1964	22.2 °C
1965	22.3 °C
1966	20.9 °C
1967	20.5 °C
1968	21.6 °C
1969	21.7 °C
1970	22.2 °C
1971	21.3 °C
1972	21.2 °C
1973	20.7 °C
1974	20.0 °C
1975	20.2 °C
1976	19.5 °C
1977	22.1 °C
1978	21.2 °C
1979	19.8 °C
1980	21.6 °C
1981	20.7 °C
1982	19.9 °C
1983	20.4 °C
1987	21.5 °C
1988	21.0 °C
1989	19.8 °C
1990	20.5 °C
1992	19.6 °C
1993	20.2 °C
1994	19.7 °C
1995	20.4 °C
1996	20.3 °C
1997	19.6 °C
1998	21.7 °C
1999	21.2 °C
2000	20.8 °C
2001	21.2 °C
2002	22.1 °C
2003	20.5 °C
2004	20.9 °C
2005	22.2 °C
2006	21.9 °C
2007	22.4 °C
2008	20.9 °C
2009	20.9 °C
2010	22.6 °C
2011	21.7 °C
2012	22.1 °C
2013	20.3 °C
2014	20.0 °C
2015	21.3 °C
2016	21.6 °C
2017	21.0 °C
2018	21.6 °C
2019	21.6 °C
2020	20.5 °C
2023	21.0 °C
2024	21.9 °C
2025	21.7 °C
2026	22.5 °C

What this means for you: Since 1899, Cambria's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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