When to plant in Lucasville, OH

Planting dates worked out from Lucasville'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 20

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 25

1 year in 10 by Oct 17

Frost-free days

193

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Portsmouth-Sciotoville · 16.6 km away · station 165 m, town 167 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 16 – Feb 23	Mar 23 – Apr 6	May 2
Peas	—	Mar 14 – Apr 11	May 8
Bush beans	—	May 5 – May 26	Jun 24
Carrot	—	Mar 30 – May 11	May 29
Beet	—	Mar 24 – May 5	May 13
Potato	—	Mar 30 – Apr 20	Jun 8
Kale	Feb 9 – Feb 23	Mar 23 – Apr 6	May 5
Broccoli	Feb 9 – Feb 23	Mar 23 – Apr 13	May 22
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 23 – Apr 13	Jun 21
Garlic	—	Oct 11 – Nov 8 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 14 – Apr 11	Apr 21
Basil	Mar 31 – Apr 14	May 12 – May 26	Jul 8

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Lucasville'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	Apr 24
1894	Apr 3
1895	May 17
1896	Apr 8
1897	Apr 21
1898	Apr 8
1899	Apr 5
1900	Apr 10
1901	Apr 21
1902	Apr 8
1903	Apr 5
1904	Apr 21
1905	Apr 18
1906	Apr 24
1907	Apr 20
1908	Apr 4
1909	Apr 11
1910	May 15
1911	May 5
1912	Apr 8
1913	May 11
1914	Apr 10
1915	Apr 17
1916	Apr 10
1917	Apr 16
1918	May 1
1919	Apr 26
1920	Apr 14
1921	Apr 12
1922	Apr 23
1923	May 9
1924	Apr 23
1925	Apr 7
1926	Apr 27
1927	Apr 25
1928	Apr 16
1929	May 2
1930	Apr 25
1931	May 4
1932	May 20
1933	Apr 12
1934	Apr 28
1935	Apr 17
1936	Apr 23
1937	Apr 12
1938	May 12
1939	Apr 13
1940	Apr 14
1941	Mar 30
1942	Apr 12
1943	Apr 22
1944	Apr 14
1945	Apr 6
1946	Mar 12
1947	May 10
1948	Mar 29
1949	Apr 17
1950	Apr 16
1951	Mar 27
1952	Apr 8
1953	Apr 21
1954	Apr 4
1955	Apr 8
1956	Apr 23
1957	Apr 15
1958	Apr 13
1959	Apr 14
1960	Apr 12
1961	Apr 19
1962	Apr 21
1963	May 2
1964	Apr 10
1965	Apr 3
1966	May 10
1967	Apr 12
1968	Mar 25
1969	Apr 20
1970	Apr 8
1971	Apr 15
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 15
1974	Apr 25
1975	Apr 16
1976	Apr 13
1977	Apr 9
1978	Mar 30
1979	Apr 10
1980	Apr 17
1982	Apr 24
1983	Apr 19
1984	Apr 12
1985	Apr 10
1986	May 4
1987	Apr 10
1988	Apr 25
1989	May 8
1990	Apr 19
1991	Apr 11
1992	Apr 6
1993	Apr 22
1994	Apr 9
1995	Apr 15
1996	Apr 17
1997	Apr 15
1998	Apr 12
1999	Apr 13
2000	Apr 13
2001	Apr 25
2002	May 22
2003	Mar 31
2004	Apr 28
2005	May 4
2006	Apr 10
2007	Apr 11
2008	Apr 17
2009	Apr 12
2010	Apr 28
2011	Apr 6
2012	Apr 12
2013	May 26
2014	Apr 17
2015	Apr 24
2016	May 16
2018	Apr 30
2019	Apr 5
2020	May 11
2021	Apr 24
2022	Apr 21
2023	Apr 26
2024	Apr 23
2025	Apr 14
2026	May 3

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1893	175
1894	188
1895	136
1896	182
1897	204
1898	202
1899	178
1900	207
1901	187
1902	214
1903	202
1904	185
1905	186
1906	169
1907	181
1908	180
1909	184
1910	166
1911	180
1912	201
1913	136
1914	199
1915	175
1917	173
1918	166
1919	193
1920	198
1921	183
1922	172
1923	149
1924	182
1925	185
1926	181
1927	162
1928	195
1929	168
1930	176
1931	167
1932	162
1933	184
1934	168
1935	172
1936	187
1937	184
1938	171
1939	184
1940	190
1941	212
1942	169
1943	200
1944	184
1945	211
1946	246
1947	144
1948	202
1949	192
1950	208
1951	220
1952	182
1953	169
1954	209
1955	199
1956	203
1957	188
1958	199
1959	196
1960	191
1961	190
1962	186
1963	180
1964	183
1965	204
1966	172
1967	190
1968	219
1969	180
1970	191
1971	203
1972	193
1973	204
1974	160
1975	197
1976	187
1977	190
1978	223
1979	187
1980	171
1982	175
1983	158
1984	169
1985	157
1986	155
1987	168
1988	162
1989	138
1990	190
1991	188
1992	195
1993	193
1994	200
1995	202
1996	198
1997	189
1998	193
1999	194
2001	164
2002	163
2003	206
2004	194
2005	177
2007	200
2009	188
2010	176
2011	207
2012	181
2013	146
2014	198
2015	175
2018	170
2019	210
2020	158
2021	192
2022	181
2023	188
2024	187
2025	192

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1893	21.1 °C
1894	21.6 °C
1895	21.2 °C
1896	22.1 °C
1897	20.8 °C
1898	21.2 °C
1899	21.6 °C
1900	22.1 °C
1901	20.5 °C
1902	20.8 °C
1903	20.5 °C
1904	19.5 °C
1905	20.5 °C
1906	21.0 °C
1907	18.5 °C
1908	20.4 °C
1909	19.7 °C
1910	19.3 °C
1911	20.8 °C
1912	20.2 °C
1913	20.9 °C
1914	21.2 °C
1915	19.9 °C
1916	20.4 °C
1917	19.3 °C
1918	19.9 °C
1919	20.5 °C
1920	19.2 °C
1921	21.9 °C
1922	21.1 °C
1924	19.2 °C
1925	21.2 °C
1926	20.4 °C
1927	19.8 °C
1928	19.6 °C
1929	20.1 °C
1931	21.2 °C
1932	20.9 °C
1933	21.9 °C
1934	22.4 °C
1935	20.5 °C
1936	22.1 °C
1937	20.8 °C
1938	21.4 °C
1939	21.6 °C
1940	20.4 °C
1941	22.1 °C
1942	21.5 °C
1943	21.2 °C
1944	21.9 °C
1945	20.7 °C
1946	20.4 °C
1947	20.9 °C
1948	21.4 °C
1949	21.2 °C
1950	19.8 °C
1951	20.4 °C
1952	20.9 °C
1953	20.7 °C
1954	21.4 °C
1955	21.4 °C
1956	19.9 °C
1957	21.1 °C
1958	19.9 °C
1959	20.8 °C
1960	19.9 °C
1961	19.4 °C
1962	20.3 °C
1963	19.4 °C
1964	20.9 °C
1965	20.8 °C
1966	19.8 °C
1967	19.2 °C
1968	20.2 °C
1969	20.6 °C
1970	21.4 °C
1971	19.9 °C
1972	19.8 °C
1973	20.8 °C
1974	19.9 °C
1975	20.2 °C
1976	19.3 °C
1977	21.6 °C
1978	20.4 °C
1979	19.4 °C
1980	20.2 °C
1982	19.1 °C
1983	20.1 °C
1984	18.9 °C
1985	19.4 °C
1986	19.6 °C
1987	20.2 °C
1988	19.7 °C
1989	18.7 °C
1990	19.1 °C
1991	20.8 °C
1992	18.4 °C
1993	19.5 °C
1994	18.9 °C
1995	20.1 °C
1996	19.3 °C
1997	18.5 °C
1998	20.6 °C
1999	20.7 °C
2001	20.2 °C
2002	20.8 °C
2003	20.0 °C
2004	20.3 °C
2005	20.9 °C
2007	21.0 °C
2008	19.9 °C
2009	19.8 °C
2010	21.6 °C
2011	20.7 °C
2012	20.6 °C
2013	19.6 °C
2014	19.8 °C
2016	21.0 °C
2017	20.3 °C
2018	21.3 °C
2019	21.2 °C
2020	20.0 °C
2021	19.9 °C
2022	20.1 °C
2023	19.7 °C
2024	21.0 °C
2025	20.6 °C
2026	21.1 °C

What this means for you: Since 1893, Lucasville's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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