When to plant in Hawesville, KY

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 19

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 2

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 7

1 year in 10 by Oct 19

Frost-free days

212

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Tell City · 6.1 km away · station 119 m, town 158 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 22 – Mar 8	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 13
Sweet pepper	Feb 8 – Feb 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 18
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 29 – Feb 5	Mar 5 – Mar 19	Apr 14
Peas	—	Mar 5 – Apr 2	Apr 29
Bush beans	—	Apr 12 – May 3	Jun 1
Carrot	—	Mar 16 – Apr 27	May 15
Beet	—	Mar 16 – Apr 27	May 5
Potato	—	Mar 16 – Apr 6	May 25
Kale	Jan 29 – Feb 12	Mar 12 – Mar 26	Apr 24
Broccoli	Jan 22 – Feb 5	Mar 5 – Mar 26	May 4
Cucumber	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 8
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 3
Winter squash	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jul 8
Sweet corn	—	Apr 12 – May 3	Jun 11
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 5 – Mar 26	Jun 3
Garlic	—	Oct 24 – Nov 21 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 5 – Apr 2	Apr 12
Basil	Mar 8 – Mar 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 15

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Hawesville'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
1939	Apr 13
1940	Apr 14
1941	Mar 30
1942	Apr 12
1943	Apr 15
1944	Apr 6
1945	Apr 6
1946	Apr 17
1947	Mar 30
1948	Apr 3
1949	Apr 5
1950	Apr 17
1951	Apr 24
1952	Apr 8
1953	Apr 21
1954	Apr 2
1955	Apr 9
1956	Apr 20
1957	Apr 16
1958	Apr 9
1959	Mar 29
1960	Apr 11
1961	Apr 12
1962	Apr 17
1963	May 2
1964	Apr 10
1965	Apr 1
1966	May 11
1967	Mar 23
1968	Mar 25
1969	Apr 1
1970	Apr 8
1971	Apr 8
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 14
1974	Apr 10
1975	Apr 13
1976	May 5
1977	Mar 25
1978	Mar 24
1979	Apr 7
1980	Mar 23
1981	Mar 25
1982	Apr 11
1983	Apr 22
1984	Apr 8
1985	Apr 11
1986	Apr 24
1987	Apr 5
1988	Apr 21
1989	Apr 12
1990	Apr 19
1991	Apr 1
1992	Apr 6
1993	Apr 23
1994	Apr 8
1995	Apr 6
1996	Apr 11
1997	Apr 19
1998	Apr 6
1999	Mar 29
2000	Apr 10
2001	Apr 19
2002	Mar 23
2003	Mar 12
2004	Mar 23
2005	Mar 15
2006	Mar 24
2007	Apr 10
2009	Mar 31
2011	Mar 3
2012	Mar 6
2013	Apr 4
2014	Mar 27
2015	Mar 30
2016	Apr 9
2017	Mar 20
2018	Apr 18
2019	Apr 2
2020	May 11
2021	Apr 4
2022	Apr 11
2023	Apr 25
2024	Apr 8
2025	Apr 9
2026	Mar 29

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1939	184
1940	206
1941	223
1942	168
1943	184
1944	203
1945	210
1946	180
1947	222
1948	197
1949	209
1950	201
1951	192
1952	182
1953	198
1954	210
1955	198
1956	202
1957	187
1958	203
1959	221
1960	192
1961	197
1962	191
1963	183
1964	182
1965	206
1966	167
1967	216
1968	214
1969	199
1970	221
1971	212
1972	193
1973	205
1974	175
1975	200
1976	165
1977	202
1978	213
1979	189
1980	196
1981	212
1982	193
1983	196
1984	208
1985	173
1986	202
1987	190
1988	173
1989	203
1990	189
1991	197
1992	195
1993	189
1994	228
1995	211
1996	205
1997	185
1998	212
1999	210
2000	181
2001	249
2002	239
2003	257
2004	265
2005	246
2006	221
2007	211
2009	247
2011	259
2012	251
2013	203
2014	219
2015	202
2016	217
2017	234
2018	185
2019	212
2020	174
2021	212
2022	191
2023	188
2024	234
2025	214

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1939	22.1 °C
1940	22.4 °C
1941	24.0 °C
1942	22.8 °C
1943	22.6 °C
1944	23.0 °C
1945	21.4 °C
1946	21.1 °C
1947	21.6 °C
1948	22.2 °C
1949	21.3 °C
1950	19.9 °C
1951	20.9 °C
1952	21.9 °C
1953	22.0 °C
1954	21.8 °C
1955	22.1 °C
1956	20.9 °C
1957	21.7 °C
1958	20.7 °C
1959	21.9 °C
1960	21.1 °C
1961	19.6 °C
1962	20.8 °C
1963	20.4 °C
1964	21.6 °C
1965	21.5 °C
1966	20.0 °C
1967	19.8 °C
1968	20.9 °C
1969	20.9 °C
1970	21.3 °C
1971	20.5 °C
1972	21.0 °C
1973	20.9 °C
1974	19.8 °C
1975	20.6 °C
1976	19.7 °C
1977	22.3 °C
1978	21.4 °C
1979	20.0 °C
1980	21.1 °C
1981	20.7 °C
1982	20.2 °C
1983	21.2 °C
1984	20.1 °C
1985	20.3 °C
1986	21.9 °C
1987	22.2 °C
1988	21.4 °C
1989	20.2 °C
1990	20.5 °C
1991	22.6 °C
1992	20.0 °C
1993	21.1 °C
1994	20.6 °C
1995	21.2 °C
1996	20.6 °C
1997	19.7 °C
1998	21.9 °C
2000	20.8 °C
2001	21.5 °C
2002	23.1 °C
2003	21.3 °C
2004	21.6 °C
2005	22.2 °C
2006	21.4 °C
2007	22.3 °C
2009	20.7 °C
2010	23.2 °C
2011	21.8 °C
2012	22.5 °C
2013	20.9 °C
2014	21.1 °C
2015	21.1 °C
2016	21.3 °C
2017	20.8 °C
2018	21.3 °C
2019	21.3 °C
2020	19.8 °C
2021	20.3 °C
2022	20.6 °C
2023	20.2 °C
2024	21.3 °C
2025	21.1 °C
2026	22.0 °C

What this means for you: Since 1939, Hawesville's last spring frost has come about 1 day 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 Tell City (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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