When to plant in Hinsdale, NH

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

Safe to plant out

May 29

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

May 15

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 3

1 year in 10 by Sep 22

Frost-free days

143

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Keene · 21.5 km away · station 156 m, town 64 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	Apr 3 – Apr 17	May 29 – Jun 12	Jul 23
Sweet pepper	Mar 20 – Apr 3	May 29 – Jun 12	Jul 28
Lettuce (leaf)	Mar 13 – Mar 20	Apr 17 – May 1	May 27
Peas	—	Apr 12 – May 10	Jun 6
Bush beans	—	May 22 – Jun 12	Jul 11
Carrot	—	Apr 24 – Jun 5	Jun 23
Beet	—	Apr 22 – Jun 3	Jun 11
Potato	—	Apr 24 – May 15	Jul 3
Kale	Mar 8 – Mar 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 1
Broccoli	Mar 6 – Mar 20	Apr 17 – May 8	Jun 16
Cucumber	May 1 – May 8	May 29 – Jun 12	Jul 18
Summer squash and zucchini	May 1 – May 8	May 29 – Jun 12	Jul 13
Winter squash	May 1 – May 8	May 29 – Jun 12	Aug 17
Sweet corn	—	May 22 – Jun 12	Jul 21
Onion (from sets)	—	Apr 17 – May 8	Jul 16
Garlic	—	Sep 19 – Oct 17 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Apr 12 – May 10	May 20
Basil	Apr 17 – May 1	May 29 – Jun 12	Jul 25

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Hinsdale'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
1893	May 8
1894	May 22
1895	May 23
1896	May 20
1897	May 8
1898	May 10
1899	May 16
1900	May 29
1901	May 7
1902	May 31
1903	May 25
1904	May 2
1905	May 24
1906	Jun 12
1907	May 25
1908	Jun 3
1909	May 26
1910	Jun 5
1911	May 7
1912	Jun 10
1913	Jun 10
1914	May 16
1915	Jun 4
1916	May 14
1917	May 18
1918	Jun 20
1919	May 19
1920	May 17
1921	May 12
1922	May 28
1923	May 24
1924	Jun 1
1925	May 27
1926	May 21
1927	Jun 2
1928	May 16
1929	Jun 3
1930	Jun 1
1931	May 18
1932	Jun 24
1933	Jun 15
1934	Jun 8
1935	May 26
1936	May 23
1937	May 16
1938	May 31
1939	May 19
1940	Jun 22
1941	May 25
1942	May 11
1943	May 15
1944	May 21
1945	May 12
1946	May 9
1947	May 15
1948	May 2
1949	May 30
1950	May 22
1951	Jun 8
1952	May 17
1953	Jun 3
1954	May 27
1955	May 20
1956	May 29
1957	May 17
1958	Jun 7
1959	May 17
1960	May 3
1961	May 31
1962	May 13
1963	May 25
1964	Jun 6
1965	May 24
1966	May 14
1967	May 30
1968	May 28
1969	May 27
1970	May 8
1971	May 15
1972	May 12
1973	Apr 16
1974	May 6
1975	Apr 30
1976	May 13
1977	May 15
1978	May 4
1979	May 3
1980	May 16
1981	May 20
1982	May 5
1983	May 19
1984	May 18
1985	May 9
1986	May 10
1987	May 13
1988	May 4
1989	Apr 29
1990	Apr 19
1991	May 20
1992	May 26
1993	May 30
1994	May 28
1995	May 10
1996	May 27
1997	May 30
1998	May 15
1999	May 15
2002	May 24
2004	May 9
2005	May 14
2006	May 1
2007	May 15
2008	May 2
2009	Jun 2
2010	May 14
2011	May 6
2012	May 13
2013	May 16
2014	May 8
2015	May 15
2016	May 11
2017	May 9
2018	Apr 25
2019	May 9
2020	May 15
2021	May 8
2022	May 11
2023	May 26
2024	Apr 28
2025	May 12
2026	May 12

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1893	141
1894	126
1895	114
1896	123
1897	136
1898	133
1899	120
1900	112
1901	135
1902	97
1903	105
1904	142
1905	113
1906	95
1907	124
1908	103
1909	116
1910	109
1911	129
1912	109
1913	91
1914	115
1915	110
1916	134
1917	115
1918	82
1919	121
1920	125
1921	145
1922	112
1923	113
1924	96
1925	118
1926	115
1927	113
1928	131
1929	107
1930	121
1931	133
1932	77
1933	88
1934	83
1935	113
1936	125
1937	127
1938	97
1939	122
1940	63
1941	117
1942	140
1943	120
1944	125
1945	140
1946	127
1947	130
1948	136
1949	117
1950	117
1951	110
1952	133
1953	111
1954	132
1955	116
1956	103
1957	132
1958	113
1959	122
1960	151
1961	108
1962	130
1963	111
1964	100
1965	97
1966	124
1967	118
1968	129
1969	130
1970	161
1971	145
1972	142
1973	157
1974	140
1975	157
1976	134
1977	142
1978	128
1979	139
1981	132
1982	158
1983	144
1984	137
1985	151
1986	129
1987	135
1988	110
1989	148
1990	151
1991	124
1992	120
1994	126
1995	123
1996	129
1997	114
1998	131
1999	144
2002	137
2004	149
2005	159
2006	158
2007	150
2008	157
2009	115
2010	130
2011	152
2012	151
2013	157
2014	155
2015	142
2016	137
2017	145
2018	171
2019	148
2020	127
2021	168
2022	141
2023	157
2024	167
2025	131

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1893	14.3 °C
1894	15.7 °C
1895	15.3 °C
1896	15.5 °C
1897	15.0 °C
1898	15.9 °C
1899	15.4 °C
1900	15.7 °C
1901	16.3 °C
1902	14.8 °C
1903	14.7 °C
1904	15.3 °C
1905	15.2 °C
1906	16.1 °C
1907	14.4 °C
1908	16.0 °C
1909	14.9 °C
1910	15.7 °C
1911	16.0 °C
1912	15.1 °C
1913	15.4 °C
1914	14.9 °C
1915	15.5 °C
1916	15.4 °C
1917	14.6 °C
1918	15.7 °C
1919	16.0 °C
1920	15.3 °C
1921	16.7 °C
1922	15.9 °C
1923	15.1 °C
1924	14.5 °C
1925	15.3 °C
1926	14.5 °C
1927	14.6 °C
1928	15.1 °C
1929	15.5 °C
1930	16.2 °C
1931	15.7 °C
1932	14.6 °C
1933	15.6 °C
1934	15.6 °C
1935	14.7 °C
1936	15.0 °C
1937	15.7 °C
1938	15.5 °C
1939	15.3 °C
1940	14.4 °C
1941	16.5 °C
1942	16.8 °C
1943	15.7 °C
1944	16.7 °C
1945	16.7 °C
1946	15.7 °C
1947	16.7 °C
1948	16.4 °C
1949	17.5 °C
1950	15.7 °C
1951	16.1 °C
1952	16.8 °C
1953	16.5 °C
1954	15.6 °C
1955	17.4 °C
1956	14.7 °C
1957	16.5 °C
1958	15.8 °C
1959	17.6 °C
1960	16.6 °C
1961	15.9 °C
1962	15.9 °C
1963	15.3 °C
1964	15.7 °C
1965	15.7 °C
1966	15.5 °C
1967	15.7 °C
1968	16.6 °C
1969	16.8 °C
1970	16.8 °C
1971	16.2 °C
1972	15.4 °C
1973	16.6 °C
1974	16.2 °C
1975	16.3 °C
1976	16.5 °C
1977	16.6 °C
1978	16.0 °C
1979	16.6 °C
1980	16.7 °C
1981	16.7 °C
1982	16.1 °C
1983	17.2 °C
1984	16.8 °C
1985	16.6 °C
1986	16.9 °C
1987	17.0 °C
1988	17.2 °C
1989	17.0 °C
1990	16.6 °C
1991	15.7 °C
1992	14.0 °C
1993	15.4 °C
1994	15.2 °C
1995	14.5 °C
1996	15.2 °C
1997	14.3 °C
1998	16.1 °C
1999	16.1 °C
2002	16.1 °C
2003	16.2 °C
2004	16.2 °C
2005	16.8 °C
2006	16.3 °C
2007	15.9 °C
2008	16.0 °C
2009	15.9 °C
2010	17.2 °C
2011	16.8 °C
2012	16.8 °C
2013	16.2 °C
2014	15.6 °C
2015	16.6 °C
2016	16.4 °C
2017	15.7 °C
2018	16.1 °C
2019	15.4 °C
2020	15.7 °C
2021	16.3 °C
2022	16.3 °C
2023	16.1 °C
2024	16.7 °C
2025	16.4 °C
2026	16.1 °C

What this means for you: Since 1893, Hinsdale'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 Keene (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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