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When to plant in Harveys Lake, PA

Planting dates worked out from Harveys Lake'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 28
about a 50% chance of a later one
Average first fall frost
Oct 16
1 year in 10 by Oct 2
Frost-free days
170
median, 1991–2020

Station used: Wilkes-Barre/scranton Intl Ap · 25.8 km away · station 290 m, town 402 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 24 – Mar 3 Mar 31 – Apr 14 May 10
Peas — Mar 31 – Apr 28 May 25
Bush beans — May 7 – May 28 Jun 26
Carrot — Apr 8 – May 20 Jun 7
Beet — Apr 8 – May 20 May 28
Potato — Apr 8 – Apr 29 Jun 17
Kale Feb 24 – Mar 10 Apr 7 – Apr 21 May 20
Broccoli Feb 17 – Mar 3 Mar 31 – Apr 21 May 30
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 31 – Apr 21 Jun 29
Garlic — Oct 2 – Oct 30 (fall) following summer
Spinach — Mar 31 – Apr 28 May 8
Basil Apr 2 – Apr 16 May 14 – May 28 Jul 10

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Harveys 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
1949Apr 29
1950Apr 22
1951Apr 21
1952Apr 12
1953Apr 20
1954Apr 9
1956May 25
1957May 17
1958Apr 13
1959Apr 22
1960Apr 19
1961Apr 30
1962Apr 21
1963May 24
1964Apr 10
1965Apr 6
1966May 11
1967Apr 26
1968Apr 7
1969Apr 12
1970May 7
1971Apr 25
1972Apr 28
1973May 17
1974May 8
1975Apr 22
1976Apr 13
1977May 9
1978May 4
1979May 2
1980Apr 17
1981Apr 22
1982Apr 23
1983May 18
1984Apr 22
1985May 9
1986Apr 24
1987Apr 2
1988Apr 26
1989Apr 24
1990Apr 19
1991Apr 12
1992Apr 15
1993Apr 14
1994Apr 23
1995Apr 17
1996May 14
1997Apr 25
1998Apr 27
1999Apr 25
2000Apr 13
2001Apr 29
2002May 22
2003Apr 14
2004Apr 28
2005May 13
2006May 7
2007Apr 16
2008May 1
2009May 19
2010May 11
2011Apr 22
2012Apr 30
2013May 14
2014Apr 28
2015Apr 26
2016Apr 24
2017Apr 9
2018Apr 22
2019Apr 29
2020May 13
2021Apr 22
2022Apr 30
2023May 18
2024Apr 25

What this means for you: Since 1949, Harveys Lake's last spring frost has come about 1 day later per decade, on average. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Wilkes-Barre/scranton Intl Ap (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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