When to plant in Lisbon, OH

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

Safe to plant out

May 12

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 23

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 16

1 year in 10 by Sep 29

Frost-free days

173

median, 1991–2020

Station used: London State Fish Hatchery · 11.4 km away · station 341 m, town 347 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	Mar 17 – Mar 31	May 12 – May 26	Jul 6
Sweet pepper	Mar 3 – Mar 17	May 12 – May 26	Jul 11
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 22 – Mar 1	Mar 29 – Apr 12	May 8
Peas	—	Mar 29 – Apr 26	May 23
Bush beans	—	May 5 – May 26	Jun 24
Carrot	—	Apr 6 – May 18	Jun 5
Beet	—	Apr 6 – May 18	May 26
Potato	—	Apr 6 – Apr 27	Jun 15
Kale	Feb 22 – Mar 8	Apr 5 – Apr 19	May 18
Broccoli	Feb 15 – Mar 1	Mar 29 – Apr 19	May 28
Cucumber	Apr 14 – Apr 21	May 12 – May 26	Jul 1
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 14 – Apr 21	May 12 – May 26	Jun 26
Winter squash	Apr 14 – Apr 21	May 12 – May 26	Jul 31
Sweet corn	—	May 5 – May 26	Jul 4
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 29 – Apr 19	Jun 27
Garlic	—	Oct 2 – Oct 30 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 29 – Apr 26	May 6
Basil	Mar 31 – Apr 14	May 12 – May 26	Jul 8

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Lisbon'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
1919	Apr 27
1920	May 3
1921	Apr 18
1922	Apr 29
1923	May 10
1924	May 22
1926	May 4
1927	Apr 25
1929	May 3
1930	Apr 25
1931	Apr 30
1932	Apr 28
1933	Apr 27
1934	Apr 28
1935	May 4
1936	Apr 23
1937	Apr 16
1938	May 12
1939	May 1
1940	Apr 22
1941	Apr 25
1942	Apr 21
1943	May 4
1944	May 7
1945	May 11
1946	May 13
1947	May 11
1948	Apr 18
1949	Apr 25
1950	Apr 28
1951	Apr 23
1952	Apr 11
1953	Apr 21
1954	May 10
1955	Apr 8
1956	May 8
1957	May 6
1958	Apr 30
1959	May 16
1960	Apr 19
1961	May 27
1962	Apr 24
1963	May 24
1964	Apr 11
1965	Apr 17
1966	May 10
1967	May 3
1968	May 6
1969	May 1
1970	May 7
1971	May 4
1972	Apr 26
1973	May 5
1974	May 7
1975	Apr 21
1976	May 9
1977	May 10
1978	May 3
1979	May 5
1980	May 9
1981	Apr 21
1982	Apr 28
1983	May 9
1984	Apr 20
1985	Apr 10
1986	May 3
1987	Apr 9
1988	Apr 25
1990	Apr 19
1992	Apr 7
1993	Apr 27
1995	Apr 15
1996	May 14
1997	May 13
1999	Apr 25
2011	Apr 7
2012	Apr 28
2013	Apr 27
2014	Apr 18
2015	Apr 24
2017	Apr 9
2018	Apr 30
2019	Apr 4
2020	May 10
2021	Apr 23
2022	Apr 27
2023	Apr 26
2024	Mar 29
2025	Apr 12
2026	May 3

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1919	191
1920	179
1921	177
1922	166
1923	148
1924	153
1926	171
1927	194
1930	175
1931	170
1932	161
1933	169
1934	168
1935	152
1936	186
1937	176
1938	147
1939	164
1940	176
1941	185
1942	156
1943	165
1944	161
1945	154
1946	141
1947	138
1948	182
1949	184
1950	148
1951	168
1952	178
1953	169
1954	170
1955	199
1956	154
1957	158
1958	154
1959	123
1960	184
1961	124
1962	149
1963	128
1964	177
1965	170
1966	148
1967	169
1968	151
1969	166
1970	144
1971	160
1972	165
1973	166
1974	138
1975	164
1976	135
1978	157
1979	160
1980	149
1981	164
1982	171
1983	137
1984	195
1985	174
1986	168
1987	176
1988	163
1990	189
1992	192
1993	158
1995	160
1996	149
1997	141
2011	203
2012	149
2013	177
2014	194
2017	199
2018	170
2019	191
2020	173
2021	193
2022	175
2023	187
2024	228
2025	194

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1918	18.6 °C
1919	18.8 °C
1920	17.3 °C
1921	19.9 °C
1922	19.4 °C
1923	18.1 °C
1924	17.2 °C
1925	19.4 °C
1926	17.6 °C
1930	18.8 °C
1931	19.3 °C
1932	18.4 °C
1933	19.3 °C
1935	17.5 °C
1936	20.3 °C
1937	18.3 °C
1938	18.5 °C
1939	19.2 °C
1940	18.2 °C
1941	19.8 °C
1942	19.1 °C
1943	18.0 °C
1944	19.7 °C
1945	17.8 °C
1946	17.4 °C
1947	17.8 °C
1948	18.7 °C
1949	18.6 °C
1950	17.3 °C
1951	18.4 °C
1952	19.3 °C
1953	19.1 °C
1954	19.4 °C
1955	19.6 °C
1956	17.8 °C
1957	18.0 °C
1958	17.6 °C
1959	19.5 °C
1960	18.5 °C
1961	17.5 °C
1962	18.5 °C
1963	17.6 °C
1964	19.1 °C
1965	18.9 °C
1966	17.7 °C
1967	17.5 °C
1968	18.4 °C
1969	18.5 °C
1970	19.5 °C
1971	18.0 °C
1972	18.2 °C
1973	18.8 °C
1974	18.3 °C
1975	18.3 °C
1976	18.0 °C
1977	19.1 °C
1978	18.9 °C
1979	18.2 °C
1980	19.2 °C
1981	18.5 °C
1982	17.9 °C
1983	19.0 °C
1984	18.0 °C
1985	19.3 °C
1986	19.7 °C
1987	19.9 °C
1988	19.4 °C
1992	16.9 °C
1993	18.3 °C
1995	17.9 °C
1996	17.3 °C
1997	16.2 °C
1998	18.7 °C
2011	18.4 °C
2012	18.4 °C
2013	17.7 °C
2014	17.4 °C
2015	18.1 °C
2016	19.0 °C
2017	18.3 °C
2018	18.9 °C
2019	19.2 °C
2020	18.1 °C
2021	18.7 °C
2022	18.5 °C
2023	18.2 °C
2024	20.1 °C
2025	19.2 °C
2026	19.3 °C

What this means for you: Since 1919, Lisbon's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. 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 London State Fish Hatchery (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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