When to plant in Liberty, UT

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

Safe to plant out

Jun 11

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

May 23

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Sep 26

1 year in 10 by Sep 12

Frost-free days

120

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Pineview Dam · 8.7 km away · station 1506 m, town 1560 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	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 11 – Jun 25	Aug 5
Sweet pepper	Apr 2 – Apr 16	Jun 11 – Jun 25	Aug 10
Lettuce (leaf)	Mar 21 – Mar 28	Apr 25 – May 9	Jun 4
Peas	—	Apr 14 – May 12	Jun 8
Bush beans	—	Jun 4 – Jun 25	Jul 24
Carrot	—	May 2 – Jun 13	Jul 1
Beet	—	Apr 28 – Jun 9	Jun 17
Potato	—	May 2 – May 23	Jul 11
Kale	Mar 14 – Mar 28	Apr 25 – May 9	Jun 7
Broccoli	Mar 14 – Mar 28	Apr 25 – May 16	Jun 24
Cucumber	May 14 – May 21	Jun 11 – Jun 25	Jul 31
Summer squash and zucchini	May 14 – May 21	Jun 11 – Jun 25	Jul 26
Winter squash	May 14 – May 21	Jun 11 – Jun 25	Aug 30
Sweet corn	—	Jun 4 – Jun 25	Aug 3
Onion (from sets)	—	Apr 25 – May 16	Jul 24
Garlic	—	Sep 12 – Oct 10 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Apr 14 – May 12	May 22
Basil	Apr 30 – May 14	Jun 11 – Jun 25	Aug 7

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Liberty'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
1941	Apr 22
1942	May 18
1943	May 13
1944	Apr 14
1945	May 20
1946	May 24
1947	Apr 24
1949	May 7
1950	May 19
1951	May 14
1952	Apr 18
1953	May 25
1954	Jun 7
1955	May 29
1956	May 15
1957	May 20
1958	Apr 30
1959	May 21
1960	Jun 21
1961	May 17
1962	Jun 8
1963	May 13
1965	May 28
1966	Jun 6
1967	May 14
1968	Jun 29
1969	Apr 30
1970	May 31
1971	May 19
1972	May 22
1973	Jun 19
1974	May 22
1975	May 30
1976	Jun 15
1977	May 29
1978	Jun 1
1979	Jun 9
1980	May 25
1981	May 13
1982	Jun 9
1983	May 18
1984	May 8
1985	May 13
1986	May 22
1987	May 4
1989	Jun 20
1990	Jul 9
1991	May 27
1992	May 9
1993	Jun 12
1994	Jun 8
1995	Jun 7
1996	May 23
1997	May 7
1998	Apr 28
1999	May 17
2000	Jun 1
2001	Jun 14
2002	Jun 11
2003	May 21
2004	May 30
2005	May 3
2006	May 11
2007	May 29
2008	Jun 12
2010	May 30
2011	May 31
2012	Jun 10
2013	Jun 1
2014	May 15
2015	May 12
2016	May 13
2017	May 21
2018	May 4
2019	May 11
2020	May 9
2021	May 22
2022	May 24
2023	May 7
2024	Jun 19
2025	May 19
2026	May 21

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1941	158
1942	123
1943	158
1944	204
1945	150
1946	117
1947	143
1949	133
1951	152
1952	179
1953	130
1954	105
1955	115
1956	129
1957	122
1958	143
1959	129
1960	89
1961	108
1962	83
1963	160
1965	94
1967	120
1968	78
1969	144
1970	101
1971	118
1972	121
1973	106
1974	112
1975	111
1976	84
1977	111
1978	109
1979	118
1980	119
1981	135
1982	111
1983	124
1984	136
1985	131
1986	120
1989	102
1990	54
1991	116
1992	107
1993	92
1994	120
1995	104
1996	116
1997	152
1998	158
1999	132
2000	113
2001	86
2004	113
2005	145
2006	128
2007	118
2008	119
2010	99
2011	134
2012	115
2013	110
2014	139
2015	167
2016	145
2017	124
2018	139
2019	142
2020	151
2021	121
2022	142
2023	161
2024	127
2025	140

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1941	15.5 °C
1942	15.8 °C
1943	16.4 °C
1944	17.4 °C
1945	16.1 °C
1947	15.9 °C
1949	16.6 °C
1950	15.1 °C
1951	15.8 °C
1952	16.4 °C
1953	15.9 °C
1954	16.3 °C
1955	14.8 °C
1956	15.8 °C
1957	14.7 °C
1958	16.1 °C
1959	15.8 °C
1960	15.2 °C
1961	15.0 °C
1962	14.7 °C
1963	15.2 °C
1965	13.6 °C
1966	15.3 °C
1967	14.6 °C
1968	13.6 °C
1969	15.8 °C
1970	13.6 °C
1971	14.1 °C
1972	14.6 °C
1973	13.6 °C
1974	14.3 °C
1975	12.6 °C
1976	14.2 °C
1977	14.5 °C
1978	13.6 °C
1979	14.6 °C
1980	14.2 °C
1981	15.3 °C
1982	13.9 °C
1983	13.7 °C
1984	13.9 °C
1985	15.1 °C
1986	14.5 °C
1987	15.0 °C
1988	15.2 °C
1989	14.8 °C
1991	13.8 °C
1992	15.1 °C
1993	12.9 °C
1994	15.6 °C
1995	13.5 °C
1996	13.9 °C
1997	14.7 °C
1998	14.6 °C
1999	13.5 °C
2000	15.2 °C
2001	14.6 °C
2003	14.6 °C
2004	13.8 °C
2005	14.4 °C
2006	15.4 °C
2007	15.9 °C
2008	13.7 °C
2010	13.6 °C
2011	13.9 °C
2012	15.6 °C
2013	15.2 °C
2014	14.7 °C
2015	15.3 °C
2016	15.3 °C
2017	15.0 °C
2018	15.6 °C
2019	14.5 °C
2020	15.2 °C
2021	15.7 °C
2022	15.1 °C
2023	14.8 °C
2024	15.5 °C
2025	16.0 °C
2026	15.8 °C

What this means for you: Since 1941, Liberty'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 Pineview Dam (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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