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When to plant in New Town, ND

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

Safe to plant out
Jun 4
1 year in 10 has a later frost
Average last frost
May 21
about a 50% chance of a later one
Average first fall frost
Sep 19
1 year in 10 by Sep 7
Frost-free days
120
median, 1991–2020

Station used: Keene 3s · 33.4 km away · station 753 m, town 579 m. How we match towns to stations

The station sits 174 m higher than the town, so frost dates here may be off by a week or more. Check them against local experience.

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

CropStart indoorsPlant out or sowHarvest from
Tomato Apr 9 – Apr 23 Jun 4 – Jun 18 Jul 29
Sweet pepper Mar 26 – Apr 9 Jun 4 – Jun 18 Aug 3
Lettuce (leaf) Mar 19 – Mar 26 Apr 23 – May 7 Jun 2
Peas — Apr 15 – May 13 Jun 9
Bush beans — May 28 – Jun 18 Jul 17
Carrot — Apr 30 – Jun 11 Jun 29
Beet — Apr 24 – Jun 5 Jun 13
Potato — Apr 30 – May 21 Jul 9
Kale Mar 12 – Mar 26 Apr 23 – May 7 Jun 5
Broccoli Mar 12 – Mar 26 Apr 23 – May 14 Jun 22
Cucumber May 7 – May 14 Jun 4 – Jun 18 Jul 24
Summer squash and zucchini May 7 – May 14 Jun 4 – Jun 18 Jul 19
Winter squash May 7 – May 14 Jun 4 – Jun 18 Aug 23
Sweet corn — May 28 – Jun 18 Jul 27
Onion (from sets) — Apr 23 – May 14 Jul 22
Garlic — Sep 5 – Oct 3 (fall) following summer
Spinach — Apr 15 – May 13 May 23
Basil Apr 23 – May 7 Jun 4 – Jun 18 Jul 31

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New Town's weather over time

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

May 1May 15Jun 1Jun 15Jul 1 1960197019801990200020102020
Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend
See the data as a table
YearLast spring frost
1960May 7
1961May 3
1964May 30
1966May 16
1968Jul 2
1969Jun 21
1972Jun 21
1973May 16
1974May 24
1975Jun 1
1976May 7
1977May 2
1978May 9
1979May 23
1980May 30
1981May 11
1982May 8
1983Jun 6
1984May 27
1985Jun 4
1986May 17
1987May 22
1988May 4
1989Jun 8
1990May 17
1991May 6
1992Jun 6
1993May 19
1994May 4
1995May 25
1996May 13
1997May 20
1998Jun 4
1999May 11
2000Jun 2
2001May 23
2002May 24
2003May 20
2004Jun 24
2005May 15
2006May 15
2007May 16
2008May 27
2009Jun 9
2010May 10
2011May 15
2012May 11
2013May 11
2014May 21
2015May 21
2016May 15
2017May 30
2018May 18
2019May 28
2020May 12
2021May 10
2022Jun 3
2023May 19
2024May 4
2025May 22
2026May 19

What this means for you: Since 1960, New Town's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 4 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Keene 3s (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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