When to plant in Satanta, KS

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

Safe to plant out

May 4

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 23

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 16

1 year in 10 by Oct 3

Frost-free days

174

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Sublette 7wsw · 0.8 km away · station 899 m, town 899 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	Mar 9 – Mar 23	May 4 – May 18	Jun 28
Sweet pepper	Feb 23 – Mar 9	May 4 – May 18	Jul 3
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 19 – Feb 26	Mar 26 – Apr 9	May 5
Peas	—	Mar 12 – Apr 9	May 6
Bush beans	—	Apr 27 – May 18	Jun 16
Carrot	—	Apr 2 – May 14	Jun 1
Beet	—	Mar 26 – May 7	May 15
Potato	—	Apr 2 – Apr 23	Jun 11
Kale	Feb 12 – Feb 26	Mar 26 – Apr 9	May 8
Broccoli	Feb 12 – Feb 26	Mar 26 – Apr 16	May 25
Cucumber	Apr 6 – Apr 13	May 4 – May 18	Jun 23
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 6 – Apr 13	May 4 – May 18	Jun 18
Winter squash	Apr 6 – Apr 13	May 4 – May 18	Jul 23
Sweet corn	—	Apr 27 – May 18	Jun 26
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 26 – Apr 16	Jun 24
Garlic	—	Oct 2 – Oct 30 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 12 – Apr 9	Apr 19
Basil	Mar 23 – Apr 6	May 4 – May 18	Jun 30

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Satanta'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
1919	Apr 17
1921	May 4
1922	Apr 19
1923	May 16
1924	May 15
1925	Apr 29
1926	Apr 28
1927	May 10
1928	Apr 16
1929	May 16
1930	Apr 3
1931	May 22
1935	May 3
1936	Apr 22
1937	Apr 28
1938	Apr 10
1939	Apr 19
1940	Apr 18
1941	Apr 21
1942	May 15
1943	Apr 20
1945	May 4
1947	Apr 26
1948	Apr 8
1949	Apr 15
1950	May 27
1951	Apr 22
1952	Apr 14
1953	May 14
1954	May 3
1955	Apr 20
1956	Apr 30
1957	Apr 14
1958	Apr 29
1959	Apr 22
1960	Apr 30
1961	Apr 16
1962	Apr 2
1963	Apr 23
1964	Apr 13
1965	Apr 28
1966	May 13
1967	May 2
1968	Apr 24
1969	Apr 18
1970	May 1
1971	May 12
1972	Apr 15
1973	Apr 27
1974	Apr 16
1975	Apr 19
1976	Apr 4
1977	Apr 5
1978	May 4
1979	May 11
1980	Apr 15
1981	May 10
1982	Apr 22
1983	May 16
1984	May 8
1985	Apr 5
1986	Apr 16
1987	Apr 8
1988	Apr 23
1989	Apr 12
1990	Apr 12
1991	May 1
1992	Apr 4
1993	Apr 17
1994	May 2
1995	Apr 20
1996	Apr 30
1997	Apr 15
1998	Apr 19
1999	Apr 18
2000	Apr 18
2001	Apr 18
2002	Apr 6
2004	May 14
2005	May 1
2008	May 11
2009	Apr 11
2010	May 1
2011	Apr 26
2012	Mar 20
2013	May 5
2015	Apr 28
2016	May 2
2017	May 1
2018	Apr 19
2019	Apr 19

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1919	175
1921	156
1922	171
1923	156
1924	172
1927	154
1928	188
1929	160
1930	198
1935	159
1936	181
1938	192
1940	179
1943	169
1948	181
1950	159
1952	175
1953	175
1954	164
1955	186
1956	178
1957	192
1958	176
1959	187
1960	172
1961	185
1962	209
1963	191
1964	188
1965	189
1966	144
1967	166
1968	176
1969	176
1970	159
1971	169
1972	185
1973	184
1974	181
1975	164
1976	186
1977	188
1978	172
1979	151
1980	184
1981	161
1982	171
1983	127
1984	143
1985	176
1986	178
1987	214
1988	187
1989	188
1990	180
1991	156
1992	186
1994	176
1995	154
1996	170
1997	195
1998	199
1999	168
2000	159
2001	170
2002	194
2004	152
2005	175
2008	165
2009	173
2010	178
2011	175
2012	219
2013	164
2015	192
2016	157
2019	174

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1919	20.1 °C
1920	19.6 °C
1921	20.5 °C
1922	21.4 °C
1923	20.4 °C
1924	19.7 °C
1925	21.6 °C
1926	19.8 °C
1927	20.1 °C
1928	18.9 °C
1929	20.1 °C
1930	21.8 °C
1935	20.5 °C
1936	22.5 °C
1938	22.4 °C
1939	22.7 °C
1940	21.4 °C
1945	19.8 °C
1949	19.5 °C
1950	20.2 °C
1951	20.1 °C
1952	22.5 °C
1953	21.6 °C
1954	22.5 °C
1955	21.5 °C
1956	22.2 °C
1957	20.7 °C
1958	21.3 °C
1959	21.3 °C
1960	21.6 °C
1961	20.2 °C
1962	21.5 °C
1963	23.1 °C
1964	22.0 °C
1965	21.5 °C
1966	21.1 °C
1967	20.5 °C
1968	20.3 °C
1969	21.4 °C
1970	21.4 °C
1971	20.8 °C
1972	20.6 °C
1973	20.0 °C
1974	20.9 °C
1975	20.6 °C
1976	20.6 °C
1977	22.6 °C
1978	21.3 °C
1979	20.5 °C
1980	21.4 °C
1981	21.6 °C
1982	20.3 °C
1983	20.2 °C
1984	20.3 °C
1985	20.8 °C
1986	21.4 °C
1987	21.1 °C
1988	21.2 °C
1989	20.3 °C
1990	21.2 °C
1991	21.4 °C
1992	19.1 °C
1994	20.4 °C
1995	18.9 °C
1996	19.9 °C
1997	19.1 °C
1998	21.0 °C
1999	19.8 °C
2000	20.8 °C
2001	21.2 °C
2002	20.8 °C
2004	20.0 °C
2005	20.5 °C
2008	21.2 °C
2009	20.6 °C
2010	22.3 °C
2011	23.2 °C
2012	23.1 °C
2013	21.4 °C
2014	22.1 °C
2015	22.3 °C
2016	21.8 °C
2017	21.2 °C
2018	22.4 °C
2019	21.9 °C

What this means for you: Since 1919, Satanta'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 Sublette 7wsw (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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