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When to plant in Leslie, MI

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

Safe to plant out
May 20
1 year in 10 has a later frost
Average last frost
May 5
about a 50% chance of a later one
Average first fall frost
Oct 9
1 year in 10 by Sep 30
Frost-free days
160
median, 1991–2020

Station used: Jackson Reynolds Fld · 21.0 km away · station 296 m, town 285 m. How we match towns to stations

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Planting dates for common crops

CropStart indoorsPlant out or sowHarvest from
Tomato Mar 25 – Apr 8 May 20 – Jun 3 Jul 14
Sweet pepper Mar 11 – Mar 25 May 20 – Jun 3 Jul 19
Lettuce (leaf) Mar 3 – Mar 10 Apr 7 – Apr 21 May 17
Peas — Apr 3 – May 1 May 28
Bush beans — May 13 – Jun 3 Jul 2
Carrot — Apr 14 – May 26 Jun 13
Beet — Apr 13 – May 25 Jun 2
Potato — Apr 14 – May 5 Jun 23
Kale Feb 27 – Mar 13 Apr 10 – Apr 24 May 23
Broccoli Feb 24 – Mar 10 Apr 7 – Apr 28 Jun 6
Cucumber Apr 22 – Apr 29 May 20 – Jun 3 Jul 9
Summer squash and zucchini Apr 22 – Apr 29 May 20 – Jun 3 Jul 4
Winter squash Apr 22 – Apr 29 May 20 – Jun 3 Aug 8
Sweet corn — May 13 – Jun 3 Jul 12
Onion (from sets) — Apr 7 – Apr 28 Jul 6
Garlic — Sep 25 – Oct 23 (fall) following summer
Spinach — Apr 3 – May 1 May 11
Basil Apr 8 – Apr 22 May 20 – Jun 3 Jul 16

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Leslie's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Apr 15May 1May 15Jun 1 19501960197019801990200020102020
Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend
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YearLast spring frost
1949May 11
1950May 8
1951Apr 23
1952Apr 16
1953Apr 21
1954May 10
1955May 9
1956May 16
1957May 16
1958May 5
1959Apr 22
1960May 10
1961May 27
1962Apr 20
1963May 23
1964May 29
1965Apr 29
1966May 31
1967May 3
1968May 6
1969Apr 30
1970May 6
1971May 13
1972May 10
1973May 18
1974May 10
1975Apr 26
1976May 8
1977May 10
1978May 3
1979May 5
1980May 9
1981May 7
1982Apr 22
1983May 9
1984May 16
1985Apr 10
1986May 4
1987May 5
1988Apr 25
1989May 7
1990May 2
1991Apr 12
1992May 25
1993Apr 27
1994May 6
1995Apr 24
1996May 30
1997May 16
1998Apr 28
1999Apr 25
2000Apr 28
2001Apr 25
2002May 20
2003Apr 24
2004May 4
2005May 4
2006Apr 26
2007May 18
2008May 28
2009May 18
2010May 10
2011Apr 21
2012Apr 29
2013May 13
2014May 16
2015Apr 28
2016Apr 14
2017May 9
2018Apr 30
2019Apr 24
2020May 13
2021May 14
2022Apr 28
2023May 4
2024Apr 25

What this means for you: Since 1949, Leslie's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. The frost-free season has grown by about 2 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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