When to plant in Crandall, TX

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

Safe to plant out

Mar 30

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 16

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 15

1 year in 10 by Oct 29

Frost-free days

234

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Kaufman 3 Se · 18.8 km away · station 128 m, town 129 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	Feb 2 – Feb 16	Mar 30 – Apr 13	May 24
Sweet pepper	Jan 19 – Feb 2	Mar 30 – Apr 13	May 29
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 12 – Jan 19	Feb 16 – Mar 2	Mar 28
Peas	—	Feb 2 – Mar 2	Mar 29
Bush beans	—	Mar 23 – Apr 13	May 12
Carrot	—	Feb 23 – Apr 6	Apr 24
Beet	—	Feb 16 – Mar 30	Apr 7
Potato	—	Feb 23 – Mar 16	May 4
Kale	Jan 5 – Jan 19	Feb 16 – Mar 2	Mar 31
Broccoli	Jan 5 – Jan 19	Feb 16 – Mar 9	Apr 17
Cucumber	Mar 2 – Mar 9	Mar 30 – Apr 13	May 19
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 2 – Mar 9	Mar 30 – Apr 13	May 14
Winter squash	Mar 2 – Mar 9	Mar 30 – Apr 13	Jun 18
Sweet corn	—	Mar 23 – Apr 13	May 22
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 16 – Mar 9	May 17
Garlic	—	Nov 1 – Nov 29 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 2 – Mar 2	Mar 12
Basil	Feb 16 – Mar 2	Mar 30 – Apr 13	May 26

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Crandall'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
1900	Mar 1
1902	Mar 18
1903	Mar 1
1904	Mar 4
1905	Feb 21
1906	Mar 20
1907	Feb 8
1908	Feb 22
1909	Apr 9
1910	Feb 25
1911	Mar 2
1912	Mar 22
1913	Mar 28
1914	Apr 9
1915	Apr 3
1916	Apr 9
1917	Mar 5
1918	Feb 21
1919	Mar 6
1920	Apr 5
1921	Mar 29
1922	Mar 4
1923	Mar 20
1924	Mar 21
1925	Mar 15
1926	Mar 31
1927	Mar 22
1928	Apr 15
1929	Feb 23
1930	Mar 19
1931	Mar 29
1932	Mar 14
1933	Mar 20
1934	Mar 19
1935	Mar 8
1936	Apr 4
1937	Apr 1
1938	Feb 22
1939	Mar 2
1940	Apr 13
1941	Mar 14
1942	Mar 19
1943	Mar 9
1944	Mar 30
1945	Mar 1
1946	Feb 16
1947	Mar 16
1949	Mar 4
1950	Apr 6
1951	Mar 15
1952	Mar 24
1953	Apr 14
1954	Apr 2
1955	Mar 29
1956	Mar 17
1957	Apr 13
1958	Mar 20
1959	Mar 23
1960	Mar 19
1961	Feb 28
1962	Apr 2
1963	Mar 7
1964	Mar 27
1965	Mar 27
1966	Mar 25
1967	Mar 9
1968	Mar 24
1969	Mar 26
1970	Mar 23
1971	Mar 9
1972	Mar 3
1973	Apr 10
1974	Mar 25
1975	Apr 3
1976	Feb 22
1977	Mar 21
1978	Mar 11
1980	Apr 14
1981	Mar 19
1984	Mar 1
1986	Mar 21
1987	Apr 4
1988	Mar 19
1989	Apr 12
1990	Mar 20
1991	Mar 9
1992	Mar 24
1993	Mar 14
1995	Mar 9
1996	Mar 25
1999	Mar 15
2002	Mar 22
2003	Apr 9
2004	Feb 18
2005	Mar 17
2006	Mar 25
2007	Mar 5
2008	Mar 9
2009	Apr 7
2010	Mar 22
2011	Mar 7
2012	Mar 4

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1900	255
1902	260
1903	260
1904	251
1905	281
1906	244
1907	276
1908	264
1909	239
1910	246
1911	254
1912	224
1913	214
1914	221
1915	225
1916	217
1917	238
1918	275
1919	251
1920	221
1921	263
1922	280
1923	268
1924	248
1925	226
1926	223
1927	239
1928	201
1929	263
1930	250
1931	249
1932	242
1933	261
1934	256
1935	268
1936	213
1937	229
1938	258
1939	246
1940	211
1941	254
1942	239
1943	243
1944	241
1945	265
1946	304
1947	270
1949	262
1950	211
1951	231
1952	197
1953	208
1954	216
1955	209
1956	236
1957	196
1958	253
1959	227
1960	235
1961	286
1962	247
1963	261
1964	237
1965	255
1966	221
1967	239
1968	229
1969	233
1970	237
1971	296
1972	263
1973	238
1974	234
1975	223
1976	239
1977	233
1978	241
1980	193
1981	246
1986	236
1987	220
1988	242
1989	190
1990	229
1991	236
1992	225
1993	229
1995	247
1996	244
2002	249
2003	228
2004	279
2005	222
2006	222
2007	263
2008	232
2009	231
2011	241

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1900	26.0 °C
1902	26.9 °C
1903	24.3 °C
1904	25.2 °C
1905	25.8 °C
1906	25.7 °C
1907	25.2 °C
1908	25.6 °C
1909	26.6 °C
1910	26.4 °C
1911	27.0 °C
1912	25.9 °C
1913	25.6 °C
1914	25.8 °C
1915	25.4 °C
1916	25.7 °C
1917	25.0 °C
1918	26.2 °C
1919	24.7 °C
1920	24.6 °C
1921	25.5 °C
1922	25.7 °C
1923	25.9 °C
1924	24.9 °C
1925	27.5 °C
1926	25.6 °C
1927	26.4 °C
1928	25.3 °C
1929	25.9 °C
1930	26.2 °C
1931	25.1 °C
1932	25.9 °C
1933	26.4 °C
1934	26.6 °C
1935	25.0 °C
1936	26.4 °C
1937	25.7 °C
1938	25.4 °C
1939	26.0 °C
1940	23.4 °C
1941	25.4 °C
1942	24.5 °C
1943	25.9 °C
1944	25.0 °C
1945	24.4 °C
1946	25.0 °C
1948	26.1 °C
1949	24.8 °C
1950	24.0 °C
1951	25.3 °C
1952	24.6 °C
1953	24.9 °C
1954	26.7 °C
1955	25.5 °C
1956	26.5 °C
1957	24.8 °C
1958	25.1 °C
1959	24.7 °C
1960	25.2 °C
1961	24.1 °C
1962	25.0 °C
1963	26.5 °C
1964	26.4 °C
1965	25.7 °C
1966	24.4 °C
1967	24.6 °C
1968	24.2 °C
1969	25.1 °C
1970	24.8 °C
1971	24.5 °C
1972	25.4 °C
1973	23.6 °C
1974	24.1 °C
1975	24.1 °C
1976	23.5 °C
1977	26.1 °C
1978	26.1 °C
1980	26.1 °C
1981	24.9 °C
1983	24.2 °C
1985	25.7 °C
1986	25.3 °C
1987	25.1 °C
1988	24.9 °C
1989	23.9 °C
1990	24.9 °C
1991	25.0 °C
1992	23.9 °C
1993	24.4 °C
1995	24.6 °C
1996	25.5 °C
1997	23.9 °C
1998	27.1 °C
1999	25.0 °C
2002	24.7 °C
2003	24.4 °C
2004	23.9 °C
2005	25.1 °C
2006	25.9 °C
2007	23.7 °C
2008	24.5 °C
2009	24.0 °C
2011	26.8 °C

What this means for you: Since 1900, Crandall'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 Kaufman 3 Se (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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