When to plant in Rogersville, MO

Planting dates worked out from Rogersville'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 8

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 25

1 year in 10 by Oct 7

Frost-free days

200

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Marshfield 4 Wsw · 23.8 km away · station 431 m, town 445 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	Feb 22 – Mar 8	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 13
Sweet pepper	Feb 8 – Feb 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 18
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 4 – Feb 11	Mar 11 – Mar 25	Apr 20
Peas	—	Mar 5 – Apr 2	Apr 29
Bush beans	—	Apr 12 – May 3	Jun 1
Carrot	—	Mar 18 – Apr 29	May 17
Beet	—	Mar 17 – Apr 28	May 6
Potato	—	Mar 18 – Apr 8	May 27
Kale	Jan 29 – Feb 12	Mar 12 – Mar 26	Apr 24
Broccoli	Jan 28 – Feb 11	Mar 11 – Apr 1	May 10
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 11 – Apr 1	Jun 9
Garlic	—	Oct 11 – Nov 8 (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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Rogersville'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
1948	Apr 2
1949	Apr 19
1950	Apr 14
1951	Apr 23
1952	Apr 16
1953	Apr 27
1954	May 4
1955	Mar 29
1956	Apr 24
1957	Apr 14
1958	Mar 31
1959	Apr 14
1960	May 7
1961	May 2
1962	Apr 16
1963	May 1
1964	Apr 9
1965	Mar 27
1966	Apr 21
1967	Mar 21
1968	Apr 6
1969	Mar 31
1970	Apr 5
1971	Apr 14
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 28
1974	Apr 5
1975	Apr 12
1976	May 3
1977	Apr 5
1978	Apr 21
1979	Apr 28
1980	Apr 14
1981	Apr 6
1982	Apr 10
1983	Apr 19
1984	Mar 30
1985	Apr 9
1986	Apr 15
1987	Apr 5
1988	Apr 19
1989	May 2
1990	Apr 12
1991	Apr 1
1992	Apr 3
1993	Apr 22
1994	Apr 7
1995	May 2
1996	Apr 6
1997	Apr 17
1998	Mar 22
1999	Apr 18
2000	Apr 8
2001	Apr 18
2002	Apr 4
2003	Apr 10
2004	Mar 31
2005	Mar 20
2006	Mar 26
2007	Apr 9
2008	Apr 15
2009	Apr 8
2010	Mar 26
2011	Apr 6
2012	Mar 10
2013	May 5
2014	Apr 16
2015	Apr 5
2016	Apr 3
2017	Mar 16
2018	Apr 17
2019	Apr 15
2020	Apr 19
2021	Apr 23
2022	Apr 19
2023	Apr 24
2024	Apr 5
2025	Apr 9
2026	Mar 28

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1948	197
1949	189
1950	203
1951	167
1952	172
1953	184
1954	178
1955	203
1956	197
1957	194
1958	183
1959	186
1960	165
1961	165
1962	190
1963	180
1965	198
1966	177
1967	211
1968	201
1969	209
1970	193
1971	205
1972	192
1973	190
1974	214
1975	189
1976	166
1977	193
1978	200
1979	164
1980	192
1981	195
1982	193
1983	176
1984	183
1985	174
1986	181
1987	180
1988	168
1989	169
1990	189
1991	188
1992	213
1993	170
1994	201
1995	142
1996	207
1997	191
1998	242
1999	178
2000	181
2001	181
2002	210
2003	209
2004	218
2005	240
2006	200
2007	205
2008	194
2009	185
2010	216
2011	197
2012	210
2013	170
2014	198
2015	221
2016	229
2017	225
2018	205
2019	179
2020	179
2021	194
2022	181
2023	188
2024	193
2025	206

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1948	21.1 °C
1949	20.1 °C
1950	19.4 °C
1951	20.2 °C
1952	21.9 °C
1953	22.2 °C
1954	23.4 °C
1955	21.9 °C
1956	21.7 °C
1957	20.9 °C
1958	20.8 °C
1959	21.6 °C
1960	21.7 °C
1961	19.6 °C
1962	21.6 °C
1963	21.9 °C
1964	21.7 °C
1965	21.4 °C
1966	20.2 °C
1967	19.8 °C
1968	20.5 °C
1969	21.4 °C
1970	21.6 °C
1971	20.9 °C
1972	21.2 °C
1973	20.5 °C
1974	19.9 °C
1975	20.9 °C
1976	19.9 °C
1977	22.3 °C
1978	21.8 °C
1979	20.0 °C
1980	22.6 °C
1981	21.1 °C
1982	20.3 °C
1983	20.8 °C
1984	20.5 °C
1985	20.6 °C
1986	21.5 °C
1987	21.6 °C
1988	21.1 °C
1989	19.9 °C
1990	20.8 °C
1991	21.9 °C
1992	19.4 °C
1993	20.1 °C
1994	21.1 °C
1995	20.7 °C
1996	20.4 °C
1997	19.9 °C
1998	22.2 °C
1999	21.3 °C
2000	21.6 °C
2001	21.9 °C
2002	21.9 °C
2003	21.1 °C
2004	20.9 °C
2005	22.2 °C
2006	22.1 °C
2007	21.9 °C
2008	19.7 °C
2009	19.3 °C
2010	22.0 °C
2011	21.2 °C
2012	22.0 °C
2013	19.8 °C
2014	20.2 °C
2015	20.8 °C
2016	21.3 °C
2017	20.8 °C
2018	21.6 °C
2019	21.4 °C
2020	20.2 °C
2021	20.5 °C
2022	21.3 °C
2023	20.9 °C
2024	21.3 °C
2025	21.6 °C
2026	23.4 °C

What this means for you: Since 1948, Rogersville's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. 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 Marshfield 4 Wsw (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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