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When to plant in Doylestown, OH

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

Safe to plant out
May 14
1 year in 10 has a later frost
Average last frost
Apr 26
about a 50% chance of a later one
Average first fall frost
Oct 21
1 year in 10 by Oct 8
Frost-free days
176
median, 1991–2020

Station used: Akron Canton Ap · 22.0 km away · station 369 m, town 381 m. How we match towns to stations

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Planting dates for common crops

CropStart indoorsPlant out or sowHarvest from
Tomato Mar 19 – Apr 2 May 14 – May 28 Jul 8
Sweet pepper Mar 5 – Mar 19 May 14 – May 28 Jul 13
Lettuce (leaf) Feb 22 – Mar 1 Mar 29 – Apr 12 May 8
Peas — Mar 28 – Apr 25 May 22
Bush beans — May 7 – May 28 Jun 26
Carrot — Apr 6 – May 18 Jun 5
Beet — Apr 6 – May 18 May 26
Potato — Apr 6 – Apr 27 Jun 15
Kale Feb 21 – Mar 7 Apr 4 – Apr 18 May 17
Broccoli Feb 15 – Mar 1 Mar 29 – Apr 19 May 28
Cucumber Apr 16 – Apr 23 May 14 – May 28 Jul 3
Summer squash and zucchini Apr 16 – Apr 23 May 14 – May 28 Jun 28
Winter squash Apr 16 – Apr 23 May 14 – May 28 Aug 2
Sweet corn — May 7 – May 28 Jul 6
Onion (from sets) — Mar 29 – Apr 19 Jun 27
Garlic — Oct 7 – Nov 4 (fall) following summer
Spinach — Mar 28 – Apr 25 May 5
Basil Apr 2 – Apr 16 May 14 – May 28 Jul 10

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Doylestown's weather over time

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

Apr 1Apr 15May 1May 15Jun 1Jun 15 19501960197019801990200020102020
Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend
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YearLast spring frost
1949May 11
1950May 8
1951Apr 23
1952May 3
1953Apr 21
1954May 5
1955Apr 8
1956May 24
1957May 6
1958Apr 30
1959May 16
1960Apr 19
1961May 27
1962Apr 21
1963May 2
1964Apr 11
1965Apr 28
1966May 11
1967May 23
1968May 6
1969May 1
1970May 7
1971May 4
1972Jun 11
1973Apr 14
1974May 7
1975Apr 21
1976May 12
1977Apr 29
1978May 3
1979May 5
1980Apr 17
1981Apr 26
1982Apr 22
1983May 10
1984May 16
1985Apr 17
1986May 3
1987Apr 9
1988Apr 20
1989Apr 24
1990Apr 18
1991Apr 12
1992Apr 15
1993Apr 27
1994Apr 23
1995Apr 25
1996May 14
1997Apr 20
1998Apr 28
1999Apr 25
2000Apr 27
2001Apr 29
2002May 21
2003Apr 24
2004May 4
2005May 4
2006Apr 26
2007Apr 16
2008Apr 15
2009Apr 16
2010Apr 28
2011Apr 6
2012Apr 29
2013May 25
2014Apr 16
2015Apr 24
2016May 16
2017Apr 8
2018Apr 29
2019Apr 2
2020May 12
2021Apr 26
2022Apr 29
2023May 18
2024Apr 26

What this means for you: Since 1949, Doylestown'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 Akron Canton Ap (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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