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When to plant in Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH

Planting dates worked out from Mentor-on-the-Lake's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out
Apr 27
1 year in 10 has a later frost
Average last frost
Apr 16
about a 50% chance of a later one
Average first fall frost
Nov 8
1 year in 10 by Oct 30
Frost-free days
202
median, 1991–2020

Station used: Painesville 4 Nw · 7.6 km away · station 183 m, town 189 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

CropStart indoorsPlant out or sowHarvest from
Tomato Mar 5 – Mar 19 Apr 30 – May 14 Jun 24
Sweet pepper Feb 19 – Mar 5 Apr 30 – May 14 Jun 29
Lettuce (leaf) Feb 25 – Mar 4 Apr 1 – Apr 15 May 11
Peas — Apr 1 – Apr 29 May 26
Bush beans — Apr 25 – May 16 Jun 14
Carrot — Apr 10 – May 22 Jun 9
Beet — Apr 10 – May 22 May 30
Potato — Apr 10 – May 1 Jun 19
Kale Feb 25 – Mar 11 Apr 8 – Apr 22 May 21
Broccoli Feb 18 – Mar 4 Apr 1 – Apr 22 May 31
Cucumber Apr 2 – Apr 9 Apr 30 – May 14 Jun 19
Summer squash and zucchini Apr 2 – Apr 9 Apr 30 – May 14 Jun 14
Winter squash Apr 2 – Apr 9 Apr 30 – May 14 Jul 19
Sweet corn — Apr 25 – May 16 Jun 24
Onion (from sets) — Apr 1 – Apr 22 Jun 30
Garlic — Oct 19 – Nov 16 (fall) following summer
Spinach — Apr 1 – Apr 29 May 9
Basil Mar 19 – Apr 2 Apr 30 – May 14 Jun 26

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Mentor-on-the-Lake's weather over time

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

Apr 1Apr 15May 1May 15 19501960197019801990200020102020
Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend
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YearLast spring frost
1950Apr 22
1951Apr 21
1952Apr 12
1953Apr 21
1954Apr 9
1955Apr 8
1956May 25
1957May 6
1958Apr 10
1959Apr 22
1960Apr 19
1961May 5
1962Apr 21
1963May 24
1964Apr 25
1965Apr 22
1966May 11
1967Apr 24
1968Apr 28
1969May 1
1970May 7
1971Apr 27
1972Apr 28
1973Apr 14
1974May 6
1975Apr 27
1976Apr 12
1977Apr 29
1978May 3
1979Apr 19
1980Apr 24
1981Apr 21
1982Apr 15
1983May 10
1984Apr 22
1985Apr 10
1986Apr 24
1987Apr 9
1988Apr 22
1989Apr 24
1990Apr 13
1991Apr 12
1992Apr 15
1993Apr 27
1994Apr 23
1995Apr 25
1996Apr 15
1997Apr 20
1998Apr 11
1999Apr 25
2000Apr 13
2001Apr 29
2002Apr 10
2003Apr 27
2004Apr 15
2005Apr 3
2006Apr 26
2007Apr 15
2008Apr 15
2009Apr 23
2010Apr 10
2011Apr 1
2012Apr 29
2013Apr 22
2014Apr 24
2015Apr 4
2016Apr 13
2017Mar 23
2018Apr 21
2019Apr 2
2020Apr 22
2021Apr 22
2022Apr 29
2023Apr 10
2024Mar 28
2025Apr 17
2026Apr 8

What this means for you: Since 1950, Mentor-on-the-Lake's last spring frost has come about 2 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 4 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Painesville 4 Nw (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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