When to plant in Tobaccoville, NC

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 10

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 30

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 3

1 year in 10 by Oct 18

Frost-free days

218

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Winston Salem Reynolds Ap · 17.6 km away · station 292 m, town 310 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 13 – Feb 27	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 4
Sweet pepper	Jan 30 – Feb 13	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 9
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 26 – Feb 2	Mar 2 – Mar 16	Apr 11
Peas	—	Feb 16 – Mar 16	Apr 12
Bush beans	—	Apr 3 – Apr 24	May 23
Carrot	—	Mar 9 – Apr 20	May 8
Beet	—	Mar 2 – Apr 13	Apr 21
Potato	—	Mar 9 – Mar 30	May 18
Kale	Jan 19 – Feb 2	Mar 2 – Mar 16	Apr 14
Broccoli	Jan 19 – Feb 2	Mar 2 – Mar 23	May 1
Cucumber	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 10 – Apr 24	May 30
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 10 – Apr 24	May 25
Winter squash	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 29
Sweet corn	—	Apr 3 – Apr 24	Jun 2
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 2 – Mar 23	May 31
Garlic	—	Oct 20 – Nov 17 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 16 – Mar 16	Mar 26
Basil	Feb 27 – Mar 13	Apr 10 – Apr 24	Jun 6

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Tobaccoville'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
1904	Apr 22
1905	Apr 19
1906	May 10
1907	Apr 21
1908	Apr 4
1909	Apr 11
1910	May 15
1911	Apr 25
1912	Apr 9
1913	Mar 18
1914	Apr 14
1915	Apr 4
1916	Apr 27
1917	Mar 20
1918	Apr 14
1919	Apr 27
1920	May 1
1922	Mar 23
1923	Apr 10
1924	Apr 2
1926	Apr 20
1927	Apr 23
1928	Apr 16
1929	Apr 18
1930	Apr 1
1931	Mar 30
1932	Mar 25
1933	Mar 30
1934	Apr 22
1935	Apr 17
1936	Apr 20
1937	Apr 17
1938	Apr 11
1939	Apr 14
1940	May 5
1941	Mar 31
1942	Apr 13
1943	Apr 16
1944	Apr 6
1945	Apr 7
1946	Mar 1
1948	Mar 29
1949	Apr 17
1950	Apr 16
1951	Apr 18
1952	Mar 17
1953	Apr 20
1954	Apr 5
1955	Mar 30
1956	Apr 21
1957	Mar 29
1958	Mar 23
1959	Mar 29
1960	Apr 11
1961	Mar 19
1962	Apr 16
1963	Mar 23
1964	Apr 1
1999	Mar 16
2000	Mar 18
2001	Apr 19
2002	Apr 7
2003	Mar 31
2004	Mar 23
2005	Mar 18
2006	Mar 23
2007	Apr 9
2008	Mar 25
2009	Mar 22
2010	Mar 27
2011	Apr 6
2012	Apr 24
2013	Mar 29
2015	Apr 5
2016	Apr 10
2017	Mar 23
2018	Apr 8
2019	Apr 3
2020	Mar 8
2021	Apr 23
2022	Mar 28
2023	Mar 21

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1904	176
1905	176
1906	153
1907	176
1908	210
1909	184
1910	166
1911	191
1912	200
1913	217
1914	196
1915	188
1916	188
1917	206
1918	201
1919	192
1920	182
1922	231
1923	205
1926	188
1927	197
1928	202
1929	201
1930	200
1931	201
1932	231
1933	209
1934	174
1935	173
1936	190
1937	180
1938	179
1939	184
1940	168
1941	221
1942	196
1943	184
1944	213
1945	210
1948	203
1949	202
1950	203
1951	198
1952	216
1953	199
1954	208
1955	218
1956	210
1957	211
1958	229
1959	223
1960	209
1961	234
1962	192
1963	224
1964	233
1999	231
2000	205
2001	181
2002	225
2003	238
2004	235
2005	225
2006	204
2007	203
2008	218
2009	210
2010	224
2011	208
2012	196
2015	223
2016	216
2017	232
2018	215
2019	218
2020	239
2021	195
2022	204

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1904	20.5 °C
1905	21.5 °C
1906	21.8 °C
1907	20.2 °C
1908	20.9 °C
1909	20.4 °C
1910	20.5 °C
1911	21.6 °C
1913	22.6 °C
1914	21.2 °C
1915	21.1 °C
1916	21.1 °C
1917	20.4 °C
1918	20.5 °C
1919	21.3 °C
1920	19.9 °C
1921	22.7 °C
1922	22.0 °C
1923	21.5 °C
1924	20.7 °C
1926	21.3 °C
1927	20.3 °C
1928	20.7 °C
1929	21.3 °C
1930	22.2 °C
1931	21.7 °C
1932	21.8 °C
1933	22.3 °C
1934	22.2 °C
1935	20.7 °C
1936	21.7 °C
1937	21.0 °C
1938	21.0 °C
1939	21.1 °C
1940	20.5 °C
1941	22.9 °C
1942	22.4 °C
1943	22.2 °C
1944	21.7 °C
1945	21.5 °C
1947	21.5 °C
1948	21.7 °C
1949	21.3 °C
1950	20.9 °C
1951	21.8 °C
1952	22.2 °C
1953	22.2 °C
1954	22.2 °C
1955	22.0 °C
1956	21.3 °C
1957	22.0 °C
1958	21.6 °C
1959	22.3 °C
1960	21.8 °C
1961	20.5 °C
1962	21.2 °C
1963	20.9 °C
1964	22.0 °C
1999	21.3 °C
2000	21.4 °C
2001	21.2 °C
2002	22.5 °C
2003	21.1 °C
2004	22.2 °C
2005	22.2 °C
2006	21.8 °C
2007	22.3 °C
2008	21.6 °C
2009	21.5 °C
2010	23.3 °C
2011	22.6 °C
2012	22.3 °C
2015	22.5 °C
2016	22.8 °C
2017	22.2 °C
2018	22.8 °C
2019	23.2 °C
2020	21.2 °C
2021	22.3 °C
2022	22.4 °C
2023	21.5 °C

What this means for you: Since 1904, Tobaccoville's last spring frost has come about 2 days 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 Winston Salem Reynolds Ap (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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