When to plant in Leawood, KS

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 15

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 5

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 30

1 year in 10 by Oct 21

Frost-free days

208

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Olathe 3e · 15.2 km away · station 322 m, town 287 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 18 – Mar 4	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jun 9
Sweet pepper	Feb 4 – Feb 18	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jun 14
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 3 – Feb 10	Mar 10 – Mar 24	Apr 19
Peas	—	Mar 10 – Apr 7	May 4
Bush beans	—	Apr 8 – Apr 29	May 28
Carrot	—	Mar 19 – Apr 30	May 18
Beet	—	Mar 19 – Apr 30	May 8
Potato	—	Mar 19 – Apr 9	May 28
Kale	Feb 3 – Feb 17	Mar 17 – Mar 31	Apr 29
Broccoli	Jan 27 – Feb 10	Mar 10 – Mar 31	May 9
Cucumber	Mar 18 – Mar 25	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jun 4
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 18 – Mar 25	Apr 15 – Apr 29	May 30
Winter squash	Mar 18 – Mar 25	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jul 4
Sweet corn	—	Apr 8 – Apr 29	Jun 7
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 10 – Mar 31	Jun 8
Garlic	—	Oct 16 – Nov 13 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 10 – Apr 7	Apr 17
Basil	Mar 4 – Mar 18	Apr 15 – Apr 29	Jun 11

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Leawood'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 22
1895	Apr 1
1896	Apr 3
1897	Apr 20
1898	Apr 8
1899	Apr 16
1900	Apr 13
1901	Apr 19
1902	Apr 17
1903	May 3
1904	Apr 26
1907	May 15
1908	May 2
1909	May 2
1910	Apr 26
1911	May 2
1912	Apr 7
1913	Apr 25
1914	May 14
1915	Apr 3
1917	May 5
1918	Apr 21
1919	Apr 26
1920	Apr 28
1921	May 3
1922	Apr 18
1923	May 9
1925	Apr 30
1927	Apr 22
1928	Apr 28
1930	Apr 1
1931	Apr 27
1932	Mar 31
1933	Apr 13
1934	Apr 21
1935	Apr 16
1936	Apr 22
1937	Apr 10
1938	Apr 10
1939	Apr 12
1940	Apr 18
1941	Mar 29
1942	Apr 10
1943	Apr 20
1944	May 6
1945	Apr 5
1946	Apr 12
1947	Apr 16
1948	Apr 14
1949	Apr 19
1950	Apr 26
1951	Apr 17
1952	Apr 11
1953	Apr 20
1954	May 4
1955	Apr 7
1956	Apr 24
1957	Apr 14
1958	Apr 29
1959	Apr 13
1960	Apr 30
1961	Apr 17
1962	Apr 16
1963	May 1
1964	Apr 9
1965	Apr 28
1966	Apr 28
1967	Apr 24
1968	Apr 5
1969	Mar 31
1970	Apr 5
1971	Apr 10
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 13
1974	Apr 5
1975	Apr 12
1976	May 3
1977	Apr 6
1978	Apr 21
1979	Apr 6
1980	Apr 13
1981	Mar 23
1982	Apr 21
1983	Apr 19
1984	Apr 5
1985	Apr 9
1986	Apr 22
1987	Apr 5
1988	Mar 30
1989	Apr 11
1990	Apr 12
1991	Mar 30
1992	Apr 2
1993	Apr 5
1994	Apr 7
1995	Apr 5
1996	Apr 6
1997	Apr 14
1998	Mar 21
1999	Mar 26
2000	Apr 8
2001	Apr 17
2002	Apr 5
2003	Apr 10
2004	Apr 12
2005	Mar 27
2006	Mar 25
2007	Apr 15
2008	Apr 15
2009	Apr 8

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1894	168
1896	203
1897	191
1898	191
1899	165
1900	208
1901	177
1902	202
1903	186
1907	149
1908	148
1909	162
1910	178
1911	172
1912	171
1913	177
1914	165
1915	184
1917	155
1918	193
1919	168
1920	154
1921	157
1922	176
1923	164
1925	161
1927	193
1930	198
1931	187
1932	193
1933	194
1934	189
1935	172
1936	182
1937	186
1938	192
1939	184
1940	201
1941	212
1942	166
1943	177
1944	187
1945	186
1946	212
1947	204
1948	185
1949	189
1950	191
1951	196
1952	177
1953	198
1954	178
1955	199
1956	197
1958	180
1959	197
1960	172
1961	185
1962	191
1963	180
1964	182
1965	178
1966	170
1967	186
1968	205
1969	196
1970	209
1971	209
1972	192
1973	203
1974	214
1975	195
1976	165
1977	217
1978	199
1979	189
1980	194
1981	213
1982	174
1983	203
1984	201
1985	206
1986	200
1987	188
1988	211
1989	191
1990	206
1991	202
1992	215
1993	207
1994	200
1995	210
1996	207
1997	195
1998	229
1999	211
2000	181
2001	192
2002	209
2003	209
2004	213
2005	227
2006	210
2007	204
2008	194

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1894	21.0 °C
1895	21.2 °C
1896	21.8 °C
1897	21.4 °C
1898	20.9 °C
1899	21.4 °C
1900	21.6 °C
1902	19.6 °C
1903	19.4 °C
1904	19.6 °C
1906	20.8 °C
1907	18.8 °C
1908	20.2 °C
1909	20.6 °C
1910	20.3 °C
1911	22.7 °C
1912	20.7 °C
1913	22.6 °C
1914	21.8 °C
1915	19.6 °C
1917	19.6 °C
1918	21.4 °C
1919	21.4 °C
1920	19.6 °C
1921	22.0 °C
1922	21.8 °C
1923	21.2 °C
1927	20.5 °C
1930	21.8 °C
1931	21.5 °C
1932	21.5 °C
1933	22.0 °C
1934	23.3 °C
1935	20.4 °C
1936	23.8 °C
1937	22.1 °C
1938	21.7 °C
1939	22.4 °C
1940	20.5 °C
1941	22.0 °C
1942	20.9 °C
1943	21.3 °C
1944	20.9 °C
1945	20.4 °C
1946	20.8 °C
1947	20.8 °C
1948	21.4 °C
1949	20.0 °C
1950	18.5 °C
1951	18.9 °C
1952	21.0 °C
1953	21.6 °C
1954	22.6 °C
1955	21.9 °C
1956	21.9 °C
1957	21.4 °C
1958	20.5 °C
1959	21.2 °C
1960	21.0 °C
1961	19.3 °C
1962	21.1 °C
1963	21.7 °C
1964	20.9 °C
1965	21.1 °C
1966	19.9 °C
1967	19.7 °C
1968	20.3 °C
1969	20.8 °C
1970	21.5 °C
1971	20.9 °C
1972	20.7 °C
1973	20.4 °C
1974	20.5 °C
1975	21.1 °C
1976	20.9 °C
1977	21.9 °C
1978	21.7 °C
1979	19.8 °C
1980	22.6 °C
1981	20.9 °C
1982	19.8 °C
1983	20.6 °C
1984	19.9 °C
1985	20.3 °C
1986	21.4 °C
1987	21.9 °C
1988	22.2 °C
1989	20.3 °C
1990	20.9 °C
1991	22.5 °C
1992	20.1 °C
1993	20.5 °C
1994	21.1 °C
1995	20.8 °C
1996	20.6 °C
1997	20.6 °C
1998	22.4 °C
1999	21.0 °C
2000	22.3 °C
2001	21.9 °C
2002	21.7 °C
2003	21.2 °C
2004	20.3 °C
2005	21.6 °C
2006	21.8 °C
2007	21.6 °C
2008	20.1 °C
2009	19.7 °C

What this means for you: Since 1894, Leawood's last spring frost has come about 2 days 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 Olathe 3e (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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