When to plant in Lyndhurst, OH

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

Safe to plant out

May 23

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

May 9

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 12

1 year in 10 by Sep 29

Frost-free days

152

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Chardon · 25.8 km away · station 344 m, town 315 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	Mar 28 – Apr 11	May 23 – Jun 6	Jul 17
Sweet pepper	Mar 14 – Mar 28	May 23 – Jun 6	Jul 22
Lettuce (leaf)	Mar 7 – Mar 14	Apr 11 – Apr 25	May 21
Peas	—	Apr 6 – May 4	May 31
Bush beans	—	May 16 – Jun 6	Jul 5
Carrot	—	Apr 18 – May 30	Jun 17
Beet	—	Apr 16 – May 28	Jun 5
Potato	—	Apr 18 – May 9	Jun 27
Kale	Mar 2 – Mar 16	Apr 13 – Apr 27	May 26
Broccoli	Feb 28 – Mar 14	Apr 11 – May 2	Jun 10
Cucumber	Apr 25 – May 2	May 23 – Jun 6	Jul 12
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 25 – May 2	May 23 – Jun 6	Jul 7
Winter squash	Apr 25 – May 2	May 23 – Jun 6	Aug 11
Sweet corn	—	May 16 – Jun 6	Jul 15
Onion (from sets)	—	Apr 11 – May 2	Jul 10
Garlic	—	Sep 28 – Oct 26 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Apr 6 – May 4	May 14
Basil	Apr 11 – Apr 25	May 23 – Jun 6	Jul 19

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Lyndhurst'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
1946	Apr 28
1947	May 10
1948	Apr 18
1949	Apr 25
1950	May 8
1951	Apr 23
1952	May 3
1953	Apr 28
1954	May 5
1955	May 9
1956	May 25
1957	May 6
1958	May 10
1959	May 16
1960	Apr 19
1961	May 4
1962	May 9
1963	May 24
1964	Apr 24
1965	Apr 24
1966	May 11
1967	May 8
1968	May 7
1969	May 26
1970	May 7
1971	May 4
1972	Jun 11
1973	May 18
1974	May 9
1975	May 14
1976	May 23
1977	Jun 8
1978	May 7
1979	May 17
1980	May 16
1981	May 20
1982	May 4
1983	May 18
1984	May 17
1985	May 10
1986	May 5
1987	May 6
1988	May 27
1989	May 7
1990	May 12
1991	Apr 19
1992	May 26
1993	Apr 28
1994	May 14
1995	May 3
1996	May 15
1997	May 11
1998	Apr 29
1999	Apr 27
2000	Apr 28
2001	May 13
2002	May 22
2003	Apr 27
2004	May 5
2005	May 5
2006	May 23
2007	May 14
2008	May 1
2009	May 19
2010	May 11
2011	May 1
2012	Apr 30
2013	May 26
2014	May 18
2015	May 23
2016	May 16
2017	May 9
2018	May 1
2019	Apr 29
2020	May 14
2021	May 13
2022	Apr 30
2023	May 18
2024	Apr 26
2025	Jun 1

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1946	167
1947	181
1948	182
1949	184
1950	170
1951	188
1952	153
1953	162
1954	154
1955	165
1956	137
1957	143
1958	144
1959	155
1960	185
1961	183
1962	167
1963	171
1964	165
1965	164
1966	168
1967	164
1968	175
1969	148
1970	184
1971	183
1973	125
1974	137
1975	118
1976	123
1977	127
1978	144
1979	146
1980	146
1981	141
1982	166
1983	160
1984	137
1985	159
1986	157
1987	155
1988	133
1989	142
1990	160
1991	161
1992	144
1993	154
1994	149
1995	143
1996	141
1997	142
1998	176
1999	162
2000	153
2001	147
2002	144
2003	158
2004	152
2005	176
2006	142
2007	167
2008	155
2009	151
2010	161
2011	174
2012	160
2013	151
2014	146
2015	148
2016	150
2017	175
2018	170
2019	168
2020	128
2021	175
2022	168
2023	157
2024	166
2025	130

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1946	16.7 °C
1947	16.9 °C
1948	17.4 °C
1949	17.6 °C
1950	16.1 °C
1951	16.7 °C
1952	17.5 °C
1953	17.2 °C
1954	17.5 °C
1955	18.6 °C
1956	15.8 °C
1957	17.0 °C
1958	16.3 °C
1959	18.2 °C
1960	17.2 °C
1961	16.4 °C
1962	17.1 °C
1963	16.5 °C
1964	17.2 °C
1965	17.0 °C
1966	16.6 °C
1967	16.1 °C
1968	17.2 °C
1969	16.3 °C
1971	15.8 °C
1973	16.2 °C
1974	14.8 °C
1975	15.1 °C
1976	14.7 °C
1977	16.1 °C
1978	16.1 °C
1979	14.9 °C
1980	16.1 °C
1981	16.1 °C
1982	15.7 °C
1983	16.3 °C
1984	15.4 °C
1985	15.9 °C
1986	16.3 °C
1987	16.6 °C
1988	16.0 °C
1989	14.9 °C
1990	15.4 °C
1991	17.4 °C
1992	14.6 °C
1993	16.1 °C
1994	15.7 °C
1995	16.2 °C
1996	15.5 °C
1997	14.6 °C
1998	16.8 °C
1999	17.0 °C
2000	15.9 °C
2001	16.6 °C
2002	17.1 °C
2003	16.1 °C
2004	16.4 °C
2005	17.3 °C
2006	16.7 °C
2007	16.6 °C
2008	16.4 °C
2009	15.9 °C
2010	17.7 °C
2011	17.4 °C
2012	16.9 °C
2013	16.4 °C
2014	16.1 °C
2015	17.2 °C
2016	17.3 °C
2017	16.9 °C
2018	17.4 °C
2019	17.1 °C
2020	16.4 °C
2021	17.1 °C
2022	17.1 °C
2023	16.3 °C
2024	17.9 °C
2025	16.7 °C
2026	17.6 °C

What this means for you: Since 1946, Lyndhurst's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. The frost-free season has shrunk by about 1 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

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

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