When to plant in Solomon, KS

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 27

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 13

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 22

1 year in 10 by Oct 7

Frost-free days

193

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Abilene · 13.7 km away · station 362 m, town 357 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 2 – Mar 16	Apr 27 – May 11	Jun 21
Sweet pepper	Feb 16 – Mar 2	Apr 27 – May 11	Jun 26
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 9 – Feb 16	Mar 16 – Mar 30	Apr 25
Peas	—	Mar 4 – Apr 1	Apr 28
Bush beans	—	Apr 20 – May 11	Jun 9
Carrot	—	Mar 23 – May 4	May 22
Beet	—	Mar 16 – Apr 27	May 5
Potato	—	Mar 23 – Apr 13	Jun 1
Kale	Feb 2 – Feb 16	Mar 16 – Mar 30	Apr 28
Broccoli	Feb 2 – Feb 16	Mar 16 – Apr 6	May 15
Cucumber	Mar 30 – Apr 6	Apr 27 – May 11	Jun 16
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 30 – Apr 6	Apr 27 – May 11	Jun 11
Winter squash	Mar 30 – Apr 6	Apr 27 – May 11	Jul 16
Sweet corn	—	Apr 20 – May 11	Jun 19
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 16 – Apr 6	Jun 14
Garlic	—	Oct 8 – Nov 5 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 4 – Apr 1	Apr 11
Basil	Mar 16 – Mar 30	Apr 27 – May 11	Jun 23

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Solomon'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
1893	May 2
1894	May 19
1895	Apr 2
1896	Apr 3
1897	Apr 16
1898	Apr 14
1899	Apr 9
1900	Apr 13
1915	Apr 3
1916	Apr 9
1917	May 5
1918	Apr 21
1919	Apr 17
1920	Apr 27
1922	Apr 18
1923	May 9
1924	Apr 17
1925	May 1
1926	Apr 15
1927	Apr 22
1949	Apr 17
1951	Apr 16
1952	Apr 11
1953	May 14
1954	May 3
1955	Mar 29
1956	Apr 24
1957	Apr 14
1958	Mar 26
1959	Apr 22
1960	Apr 9
1961	Apr 19
1962	Apr 15
1963	May 1
1964	Apr 14
1965	Apr 28
1967	May 2
1968	Apr 24
1969	Apr 19
1970	Apr 21
1971	Apr 14
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 12
1974	Apr 16
1975	Apr 12
1976	May 3
1977	Apr 5
1978	Apr 21
1979	Apr 9
1980	May 8
1981	Mar 23
1982	Apr 23
1983	Apr 24
1984	Apr 23
1985	Apr 10
1987	Apr 5
1988	Apr 27
1989	Apr 19
1990	Apr 12
1991	May 6
1992	Apr 26
1993	Apr 2
1994	Apr 13
1995	Apr 27
1996	Apr 30
1997	Apr 14
1998	Mar 21
1999	Apr 4
2000	Apr 8
2001	Apr 18
2002	Mar 27
2003	Apr 9
2004	Apr 11
2005	May 3
2006	Mar 28
2007	Apr 15
2008	Apr 14
2009	Apr 14
2010	Apr 8
2011	Apr 16
2012	Mar 9
2013	Apr 25
2014	Apr 18
2015	Apr 4
2016	Apr 2
2017	Apr 27
2018	Apr 19
2019	Apr 13
2020	Apr 17
2021	Apr 22
2022	Apr 26
2023	Apr 23
2025	Apr 9
2026	Apr 6

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1893	165
1894	141
1895	180
1896	199
1897	195
1898	187
1899	205
1900	208
1915	188
1916	192
1917	155
1918	151
1919	176
1920	155
1922	173
1924	188
1925	160
1926	191
1927	193
1949	186
1951	197
1952	177
1953	165
1954	179
1955	208
1956	197
1957	193
1958	215
1959	178
1960	193
1961	183
1962	192
1963	180
1964	174
1965	166
1967	169
1968	162
1969	177
1970	169
1971	178
1972	191
1973	198
1974	181
1975	188
1977	188
1978	177
1979	196
1980	169
1981	209
1982	150
1983	149
1984	158
1985	173
1987	180
1988	183
1989	157
1990	180
1991	152
1992	192
1993	201
1994	194
1995	147
1996	183
1997	195
1998	234
1999	182
2000	181
2001	190
2002	203
2003	198
2004	205
2005	173
2006	198
2007	199
2008	195
2009	178
2010	208
2011	186
2012	211
2013	175
2014	195
2015	207
2016	223
2017	182
2018	178
2019	180
2020	189
2021	204
2022	174
2023	187
2025	203

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1894	21.9 °C
1895	22.9 °C
1896	22.0 °C
1897	21.9 °C
1898	21.6 °C
1899	21.7 °C
1900	22.8 °C
1901	22.7 °C
1915	19.8 °C
1916	21.1 °C
1917	20.5 °C
1918	22.0 °C
1919	21.7 °C
1920	20.6 °C
1921	23.2 °C
1922	22.4 °C
1923	21.6 °C
1924	21.0 °C
1925	22.9 °C
1926	21.9 °C
1927	21.4 °C
1949	20.0 °C
1951	19.9 °C
1952	22.7 °C
1953	21.8 °C
1954	23.8 °C
1955	23.2 °C
1956	22.8 °C
1957	21.2 °C
1958	21.2 °C
1959	21.6 °C
1960	21.3 °C
1961	19.5 °C
1962	20.9 °C
1963	22.7 °C
1964	21.6 °C
1965	21.0 °C
1967	19.6 °C
1968	20.5 °C
1969	21.1 °C
1970	21.4 °C
1971	21.0 °C
1972	20.7 °C
1973	20.6 °C
1974	20.6 °C
1975	21.0 °C
1977	22.2 °C
1978	22.4 °C
1979	20.8 °C
1980	22.9 °C
1981	21.7 °C
1982	19.9 °C
1983	21.1 °C
1985	21.2 °C
1987	22.2 °C
1988	22.8 °C
1989	21.5 °C
1990	21.9 °C
1991	23.0 °C
1992	21.2 °C
1993	21.3 °C
1994	22.7 °C
2006	23.3 °C
2007	22.5 °C
2008	21.3 °C
2009	21.0 °C
2010	23.4 °C
2011	23.1 °C
2012	24.2 °C
2013	21.9 °C
2014	22.7 °C
2015	23.1 °C
2016	23.2 °C
2017	22.9 °C
2018	23.4 °C
2019	22.9 °C
2020	22.2 °C
2021	23.1 °C
2022	23.3 °C
2023	23.5 °C
2025	21.8 °C

What this means for you: Since 1893, Solomon'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 Abilene (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

Nearby towns

Abilene Salina Chapman Minneapolis Herington Lindsborg