When to plant in Murray, UT

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

Safe to plant out

May 2

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 14

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 25

1 year in 10 by Oct 13

Frost-free days

192

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Salt Lake City Intl Ap · 13.2 km away · station 1288 m, town 1311 m. How we match towns to stations

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Mar 7 – Mar 21	May 2 – May 16	Jun 26
Sweet pepper	Feb 21 – Mar 7	May 2 – May 16	Jul 1
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 10 – Feb 17	Mar 17 – Mar 31	Apr 26
Peas	—	Mar 9 – Apr 6	May 3
Bush beans	—	Apr 25 – May 16	Jun 14
Carrot	—	Mar 24 – May 5	May 23
Beet	—	Mar 23 – May 4	May 12
Potato	—	Mar 24 – Apr 14	Jun 2
Kale	Feb 3 – Feb 17	Mar 17 – Mar 31	Apr 29
Broccoli	Feb 3 – Feb 17	Mar 17 – Apr 7	May 16
Cucumber	Apr 4 – Apr 11	May 2 – May 16	Jun 21
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 4 – Apr 11	May 2 – May 16	Jun 16
Winter squash	Apr 4 – Apr 11	May 2 – May 16	Jul 21
Sweet corn	—	Apr 25 – May 16	Jun 24
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 17 – Apr 7	Jun 15
Garlic	—	Oct 11 – Nov 8 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 9 – Apr 6	Apr 16
Basil	Mar 21 – Apr 4	May 2 – May 16	Jun 28

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Murray'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
1948	May 10
1949	Apr 15
1950	May 19
1951	May 13
1952	Apr 9
1953	May 4
1954	May 28
1955	May 16
1956	Apr 15
1957	Apr 28
1958	Apr 29
1959	Apr 21
1960	May 19
1961	May 6
1962	Apr 30
1963	Apr 24
1964	May 5
1965	May 7
1966	May 23
1967	May 13
1968	May 7
1969	Apr 26
1970	Apr 29
1971	Apr 16
1972	May 2
1973	Apr 19
1974	Apr 28
1975	May 25
1976	Apr 10
1977	Apr 20
1978	May 5
1979	Apr 20
1980	Apr 13
1981	Apr 8
1982	Apr 22
1983	Apr 26
1984	Apr 26
1985	Mar 30
1986	Apr 26
1987	Apr 19
1988	May 2
1989	Mar 21
1990	Apr 30
1991	Apr 27
1992	Mar 11
1993	Apr 14
1994	Apr 8
1995	Apr 16
1996	Apr 28
1997	Apr 13
1998	Apr 18
1999	May 11
2000	Apr 1
2001	Apr 13
2002	May 8
2003	Apr 8
2004	Apr 11
2005	Apr 5
2006	Apr 20
2007	Apr 13
2008	May 2
2009	Apr 6
2010	May 7
2011	May 1
2012	Apr 7
2013	Apr 23
2014	Apr 30
2015	Apr 16
2016	Mar 19
2017	Mar 7
2018	Apr 3
2019	Mar 31
2020	Apr 14
2021	Apr 12
2022	Apr 13
2023	Apr 7
2024	Apr 6

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1948	159
1949	186
1950	134
1951	157
1952	188
1953	169
1954	124
1955	142
1956	187
1957	182
1958	148
1959	163
1960	147
1961	140
1962	168
1963	185
1964	136
1965	132
1966	139
1967	154
1968	137
1969	169
1970	148
1971	164
1972	178
1973	189
1974	190
1975	150
1976	190
1977	194
1978	173
1979	192
1980	191
1981	205
1982	169
1983	195
1984	172
1985	223
1986	168
1987	205
1988	195
1989	209
1990	169
1991	179
1992	236
1993	197
1994	203
1995	188
1996	170
1997	182
1998	198
1999	157
2000	214
2001	181
2002	157
2003	200
2004	202
2005	220
2006	180
2007	191
2008	160
2009	202
2010	171
2011	177
2012	201
2013	193
2014	187
2015	204
2016	242
2017	221
2018	194
2019	192
2020	191
2021	218
2022	197
2023	203
2024	211

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1948	18.7 °C
1949	19.3 °C
1950	17.5 °C
1951	18.1 °C
1952	19.2 °C
1953	18.2 °C
1954	19.0 °C
1955	18.0 °C
1956	18.9 °C
1957	18.4 °C
1958	19.4 °C
1959	18.6 °C
1960	19.7 °C
1961	19.6 °C
1962	18.8 °C
1963	18.6 °C
1964	17.0 °C
1965	16.9 °C
1966	19.6 °C
1967	18.4 °C
1968	17.3 °C
1969	19.6 °C
1970	17.8 °C
1971	17.9 °C
1972	19.1 °C
1973	18.8 °C
1974	19.3 °C
1975	17.5 °C
1976	19.0 °C
1977	19.4 °C
1978	18.5 °C
1979	19.9 °C
1980	18.8 °C
1981	19.8 °C
1982	18.3 °C
1983	18.5 °C
1984	19.3 °C
1985	20.4 °C
1986	18.5 °C
1987	19.9 °C
1988	20.1 °C
1989	19.9 °C
1990	20.4 °C
1991	18.7 °C
1992	20.4 °C
1993	17.8 °C
1994	21.3 °C
1995	18.4 °C
1996	19.9 °C
1997	19.6 °C
1998	18.8 °C
1999	18.3 °C
2000	20.5 °C
2001	20.5 °C
2002	19.9 °C
2003	20.4 °C
2004	19.4 °C
2005	19.3 °C
2006	20.5 °C
2007	21.2 °C
2008	19.2 °C
2009	19.5 °C
2010	18.8 °C
2011	18.5 °C
2012	21.4 °C
2013	21.6 °C
2014	20.1 °C
2015	20.7 °C
2016	21.6 °C
2017	21.4 °C
2018	21.6 °C
2019	20.3 °C
2020	21.3 °C
2021	21.8 °C
2022	22.0 °C
2023	21.5 °C
2024	21.8 °C

What this means for you: Since 1948, Murray's last spring frost has come about 4 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 7 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Salt Lake City Intl Ap (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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