When to plant in Marshall, IL

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 26

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 14

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 19

1 year in 10 by Oct 7

Frost-free days

187

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Paris Stp · 25.4 km away · station 198 m, town 194 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	Mar 1 – Mar 15	Apr 26 – May 10	Jun 20
Sweet pepper	Feb 15 – Mar 1	Apr 26 – May 10	Jun 25
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 13 – Feb 20	Mar 20 – Apr 3	Apr 29
Peas	—	Mar 20 – Apr 17	May 14
Bush beans	—	Apr 19 – May 10	Jun 8
Carrot	—	Mar 29 – May 10	May 28
Beet	—	Mar 29 – May 10	May 18
Potato	—	Mar 29 – Apr 19	Jun 7
Kale	Feb 13 – Feb 27	Mar 27 – Apr 10	May 9
Broccoli	Feb 6 – Feb 20	Mar 20 – Apr 10	May 19
Cucumber	Mar 29 – Apr 5	Apr 26 – May 10	Jun 15
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 29 – Apr 5	Apr 26 – May 10	Jun 10
Winter squash	Mar 29 – Apr 5	Apr 26 – May 10	Jul 15
Sweet corn	—	Apr 19 – May 10	Jun 18
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 20 – Apr 10	Jun 18
Garlic	—	Oct 5 – Nov 2 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 20 – Apr 17	Apr 27
Basil	Mar 15 – Mar 29	Apr 26 – May 10	Jun 22

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Marshall'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
1894	Apr 12
1895	May 14
1896	Apr 7
1897	Apr 21
1898	Apr 9
1899	Apr 9
1900	Apr 14
1901	Apr 21
1902	Apr 15
1904	Apr 21
1905	Apr 22
1906	Apr 23
1908	May 2
1909	May 2
1910	May 4
1911	May 3
1912	Apr 19
1913	May 11
1914	Apr 20
1915	Apr 13
1916	Apr 10
1917	May 5
1918	May 1
1919	Apr 26
1920	May 14
1921	Apr 18
1922	Apr 23
1923	May 9
1924	Apr 23
1925	May 26
1926	May 4
1927	Apr 25
1928	May 13
1929	May 2
1930	Apr 26
1931	Apr 23
1932	Apr 27
1933	Apr 27
1934	Apr 28
1935	Apr 17
1936	Apr 23
1937	Apr 16
1938	May 13
1939	May 3
1940	Apr 21
1941	Apr 22
1942	Apr 20
1943	May 1
1944	May 6
1945	May 1
1946	Apr 27
1947	May 9
1948	Apr 17
1949	Apr 19
1950	Apr 14
1951	Apr 23
1952	Apr 16
1953	Apr 21
1954	Apr 9
1955	Apr 8
1956	Apr 24
1957	Apr 15
1958	Apr 29
1959	Apr 22
1960	May 12
1961	May 27
1962	Apr 20
1963	May 1
1964	Apr 9
1965	Apr 3
1966	May 10
1967	Apr 27
1968	May 6
1969	Apr 6
1970	Apr 7
1971	May 3
1972	Apr 9
1973	May 4
1974	Apr 9
1975	Apr 13
1976	Apr 27
1977	Apr 6
1978	May 2
1979	Apr 10
1980	Apr 25
1981	May 12
1982	Apr 21
1983	Apr 25
1985	Apr 10
1986	Apr 23
1987	Apr 9
1988	Apr 27
1989	May 7
1990	Apr 18
1991	Mar 31
1992	Apr 5
1993	Apr 22
1994	Apr 7
1995	Apr 6
1996	Apr 14
1997	Apr 19
1998	Mar 25
1999	Mar 27
2000	Apr 13
2001	Apr 19
2002	Apr 7
2003	Apr 14
2004	Apr 14
2005	May 5
2006	Apr 10
2007	Apr 15
2009	Apr 12
2010	Apr 10
2011	Apr 1
2012	Apr 13
2013	Apr 21
2014	Apr 17
2015	Apr 25
2016	Apr 14
2017	Apr 10
2018	Apr 30
2019	Apr 15
2020	May 12
2022	Apr 21
2023	Apr 25
2024	Apr 26
2026	Apr 21

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1894	176
1895	138
1898	196
1900	207
1901	196
1902	221
1904	184
1905	172
1908	162
1909	162
1910	176
1911	173
1912	176
1913	162
1914	189
1915	178
1916	182
1917	153
1918	184
1919	189
1920	166
1923	127
1924	181
1925	136
1926	169
1927	191
1928	133
1929	173
1930	154
1931	196
1932	166
1933	180
1934	182
1935	169
1936	183
1937	180
1938	163
1939	150
1940	199
1941	188
1942	160
1943	167
1944	162
1945	160
1946	199
1947	182
1948	183
1949	190
1950	193
1951	158
1952	169
1953	191
1954	192
1955	199
1956	197
1957	187
1958	180
1959	178
1960	160
1961	152
1962	186
1963	181
1964	179
1965	203
1966	162
1967	181
1968	171
1969	193
1970	221
1971	184
1972	192
1973	182
1974	175
1975	214
1976	171
1977	189
1978	158
1979	182
1980	162
1981	163
1982	183
1983	171
1985	174
1986	173
1987	181
1988	161
1989	149
1990	183
1991	172
1992	194
1993	190
1994	200
1996	187
1997	185
1998	210
1999	210
2001	180
2002	189
2003	170
2005	175
2006	184
2007	199
2009	181
2010	194
2011	203
2012	177
2014	195
2015	174
2016	211
2017	203
2018	165
2019	179
2020	145
2022	179
2023	188
2024	173

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1893	19.5 °C
1894	20.1 °C
1895	20.9 °C
1896	22.2 °C
1898	20.3 °C
1899	20.1 °C
1900	20.8 °C
1901	20.5 °C
1902	19.5 °C
1903	19.9 °C
1904	18.8 °C
1905	19.9 °C
1906	20.7 °C
1908	19.8 °C
1909	19.0 °C
1910	18.7 °C
1911	20.4 °C
1912	19.6 °C
1913	20.8 °C
1914	20.9 °C
1915	19.1 °C
1916	19.8 °C
1917	18.3 °C
1918	18.8 °C
1919	20.0 °C
1920	18.6 °C
1923	19.7 °C
1924	18.5 °C
1925	20.7 °C
1926	19.1 °C
1927	18.7 °C
1928	18.4 °C
1929	19.0 °C
1930	20.6 °C
1931	20.6 °C
1932	20.3 °C
1933	21.6 °C
1934	21.2 °C
1935	19.1 °C
1936	21.7 °C
1937	19.7 °C
1938	20.5 °C
1939	20.6 °C
1940	19.8 °C
1941	21.4 °C
1942	20.6 °C
1943	20.0 °C
1944	21.2 °C
1945	19.2 °C
1946	20.4 °C
1947	19.7 °C
1948	20.3 °C
1949	20.2 °C
1950	19.1 °C
1951	18.6 °C
1952	20.5 °C
1953	20.7 °C
1955	20.9 °C
1956	19.7 °C
1957	20.1 °C
1958	19.3 °C
1959	20.9 °C
1960	19.9 °C
1961	19.1 °C
1962	20.1 °C
1963	19.7 °C
1964	20.8 °C
1965	20.2 °C
1966	19.3 °C
1967	19.3 °C
1968	20.0 °C
1969	20.1 °C
1970	20.8 °C
1971	20.0 °C
1972	20.1 °C
1973	20.1 °C
1974	19.5 °C
1975	19.9 °C
1976	19.1 °C
1977	21.3 °C
1978	20.3 °C
1979	19.4 °C
1980	20.3 °C
1981	20.0 °C
1982	19.4 °C
1983	20.2 °C
1985	20.3 °C
1986	21.0 °C
1987	21.6 °C
1988	21.5 °C
1989	19.4 °C
1990	19.3 °C
1991	21.3 °C
1992	18.6 °C
1993	19.5 °C
1994	19.2 °C
1995	19.6 °C
1996	18.8 °C
1997	18.0 °C
1998	20.4 °C
1999	20.4 °C
2001	20.3 °C
2002	20.6 °C
2003	19.2 °C
2004	19.4 °C
2005	20.5 °C
2006	20.0 °C
2007	20.8 °C
2009	19.1 °C
2010	21.6 °C
2011	19.5 °C
2012	20.4 °C
2014	18.9 °C
2015	19.6 °C
2016	19.9 °C
2017	19.4 °C
2018	19.5 °C
2019	19.5 °C
2020	18.3 °C
2022	19.4 °C
2023	19.4 °C
2024	20.1 °C
2025	20.6 °C
2026	20.7 °C

What this means for you: Since 1894, Marshall's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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