When to plant in Pelham Manor, NY

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 8

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 28

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 26

1 year in 10 by Nov 10

Frost-free days

240

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Laguardia Ap · 14.3 km away · station 3 m, town 19 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	Feb 20 – Mar 6	Apr 17 – May 1	Jun 11
Sweet pepper	Feb 6 – Feb 20	Apr 17 – May 1	Jun 16
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 10 – Feb 17	Mar 17 – Mar 31	Apr 26
Peas	—	Mar 17 – Apr 14	May 11
Bush beans	—	Apr 11 – May 2	May 31
Carrot	—	Mar 28 – May 9	May 27
Beet	—	Mar 28 – May 9	May 17
Potato	—	Mar 28 – Apr 18	Jun 6
Kale	Feb 10 – Feb 24	Mar 24 – Apr 7	May 6
Broccoli	Feb 3 – Feb 17	Mar 17 – Apr 7	May 16
Cucumber	Mar 20 – Mar 27	Apr 17 – May 1	Jun 6
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 20 – Mar 27	Apr 17 – May 1	Jun 1
Winter squash	Mar 20 – Mar 27	Apr 17 – May 1	Jul 6
Sweet corn	—	Apr 11 – May 2	Jun 10
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 17 – Apr 7	Jun 15
Garlic	—	Oct 28 – Nov 25 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 17 – Apr 14	Apr 24
Basil	Mar 6 – Mar 20	Apr 17 – May 1	Jun 13

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Pelham Manor'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
1940	Apr 15
1941	Mar 31
1942	Mar 31
1943	Apr 16
1944	Apr 5
1945	Mar 11
1946	Mar 12
1947	Mar 31
1948	Apr 10
1949	Mar 21
1950	Apr 14
1951	Mar 27
1952	Mar 18
1953	Mar 11
1954	Apr 4
1955	Mar 29
1956	Mar 28
1957	Mar 11
1958	Apr 9
1959	Mar 29
1960	Mar 26
1961	Mar 21
1962	Mar 10
1963	Mar 23
1964	Apr 5
1965	Apr 1
1966	Mar 29
1967	Apr 12
1968	Apr 6
1969	Apr 1
1970	Mar 30
1971	Mar 27
1972	Apr 9
1973	Mar 21
1974	Apr 10
1975	Apr 8
1976	Apr 12
1977	Apr 9
1978	Apr 3
1979	Apr 8
1980	Apr 17
1981	Mar 21
1982	Apr 8
1983	Mar 30
1984	Mar 29
1985	Apr 10
1986	Mar 23
1987	Apr 1
1988	Mar 23
1989	Mar 22
1990	Mar 27
1991	Mar 31
1992	Mar 24
1993	Mar 23
1994	Mar 19
1995	Apr 6
1996	Mar 28
1997	Apr 10
1998	Mar 22
1999	Mar 14
2000	Apr 9
2001	Mar 28
2002	Apr 7
2003	Apr 8
2004	Apr 5
2005	Mar 15
2006	Mar 21
2007	Apr 8
2008	Mar 30
2009	Mar 24
2010	Mar 27
2011	Mar 29
2012	Mar 27
2013	Mar 22
2014	Apr 16
2015	Mar 29
2016	Apr 6
2017	Mar 23
2018	Apr 2
2019	Mar 13
2020	Mar 1
2021	Apr 2
2022	Mar 30
2023	Mar 30
2024	Mar 24

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1940	186
1941	238
1942	227
1943	214
1944	234
1945	256
1946	256
1947	233
1948	244
1949	245
1950	225
1951	220
1952	255
1953	239
1954	219
1955	234
1956	226
1957	244
1958	233
1959	232
1960	226
1961	251
1962	241
1963	252
1964	229
1965	214
1966	235
1967	210
1968	228
1969	204
1970	237
1971	225
1972	193
1973	233
1974	225
1975	238
1976	209
1977	218
1978	235
1979	234
1980	213
1981	248
1982	230
1983	227
1984	234
1985	235
1986	234
1987	223
1988	255
1989	241
1990	236
1991	240
1992	228
1993	246
1994	248
1995	232
1996	229
1997	219
1998	274
1999	260
2000	225
2001	269
2002	233
2003	214
2004	218
2005	252
2006	258
2007	228
2008	232
2009	260
2010	252
2011	256
2012	253
2013	234
2014	215
2015	276
2016	246
2017	231
2018	226
2019	239
2020	281
2021	260
2022	233
2023	239
2024	250

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1940	18.2 °C
1941	20.3 °C
1942	20.1 °C
1943	19.8 °C
1944	20.4 °C
1945	19.7 °C
1946	19.1 °C
1947	19.1 °C
1948	19.4 °C
1949	20.4 °C
1950	18.4 °C
1951	19.9 °C
1952	20.7 °C
1953	20.5 °C
1954	19.7 °C
1955	20.9 °C
1956	18.8 °C
1957	20.5 °C
1958	19.3 °C
1959	20.9 °C
1960	19.9 °C
1961	19.6 °C
1962	19.2 °C
1963	19.1 °C
1964	19.7 °C
1965	20.5 °C
1966	20.1 °C
1967	18.5 °C
1968	19.9 °C
1969	19.7 °C
1970	20.1 °C
1971	19.5 °C
1972	18.3 °C
1973	20.0 °C
1974	19.4 °C
1975	18.9 °C
1976	20.1 °C
1977	19.8 °C
1978	18.8 °C
1979	19.5 °C
1980	20.7 °C
1981	20.3 °C
1982	18.9 °C
1983	20.1 °C
1984	19.3 °C
1985	20.2 °C
1986	20.0 °C
1987	20.1 °C
1988	20.2 °C
1989	20.0 °C
1990	20.0 °C
1991	21.7 °C
1992	19.3 °C
1993	20.8 °C
1994	20.9 °C
1995	20.6 °C
1996	19.7 °C
1997	19.8 °C
1998	20.8 °C
1999	21.1 °C
2000	19.6 °C
2001	20.8 °C
2002	21.0 °C
2003	19.5 °C
2004	20.4 °C
2005	21.3 °C
2006	21.3 °C
2007	21.1 °C
2008	20.8 °C
2009	19.8 °C
2010	22.5 °C
2011	20.8 °C
2012	21.5 °C
2013	20.7 °C
2014	20.2 °C
2015	21.5 °C
2016	21.8 °C
2017	21.1 °C
2018	21.5 °C
2019	21.2 °C
2020	21.2 °C
2021	21.5 °C
2022	21.3 °C
2023	21.0 °C
2024	21.2 °C

What this means for you: Since 1940, Pelham Manor'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 Laguardia Ap (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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