When to plant in Santa Clara, UT

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

Safe to plant out

Mar 28

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 7

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 12

1 year in 10 by Oct 29

Frost-free days

246

median, 1991–2020

Station used: St George · 4.5 km away · station 871 m, town 842 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	Jan 31 – Feb 14	Mar 28 – Apr 11	May 22
Sweet pepper	Jan 17 – Jan 31	Mar 28 – Apr 11	May 27
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 3 – Jan 10	Feb 7 – Feb 21	Mar 19
Peas	—	Jan 24 – Feb 21	Mar 20
Bush beans	—	Mar 21 – Apr 11	May 10
Carrot	—	Feb 14 – Mar 28	Apr 15
Beet	—	Feb 7 – Mar 21	Mar 29
Potato	—	Feb 14 – Mar 7	Apr 25
Kale	Dec 27 – Jan 10	Feb 7 – Feb 21	Mar 22
Broccoli	Dec 27 – Jan 10	Feb 7 – Feb 28	Apr 8
Cucumber	Feb 28 – Mar 7	Mar 28 – Apr 11	May 17
Summer squash and zucchini	Feb 28 – Mar 7	Mar 28 – Apr 11	May 12
Winter squash	Feb 28 – Mar 7	Mar 28 – Apr 11	Jun 16
Sweet corn	—	Mar 21 – Apr 11	May 20
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 7 – Feb 28	May 8
Garlic	—	Oct 29 – Nov 26 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Jan 24 – Feb 21	Mar 3
Basil	Feb 14 – Feb 28	Mar 28 – Apr 11	May 24

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Santa Clara'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
1893	Apr 18
1894	May 15
1895	Apr 15
1896	May 15
1897	May 8
1898	May 4
1899	May 20
1900	Apr 28
1901	Apr 19
1902	Apr 14
1903	May 19
1904	May 1
1905	Mar 31
1906	Apr 5
1907	Mar 30
1908	Mar 29
1909	May 12
1910	May 5
1911	Apr 21
1912	May 4
1913	Apr 24
1914	Mar 30
1915	May 17
1917	Apr 4
1918	May 19
1919	Mar 16
1920	Apr 1
1921	Apr 24
1922	Apr 19
1923	Mar 24
1924	Apr 17
1925	Mar 20
1926	Mar 30
1927	Apr 13
1928	Apr 10
1929	Apr 11
1930	Mar 19
1931	Mar 30
1932	Apr 7
1933	Apr 14
1934	Mar 18
1935	Mar 29
1936	Apr 2
1937	Mar 20
1938	Apr 2
1939	Mar 15
1940	Mar 15
1941	Apr 18
1942	Apr 30
1943	Mar 26
1944	Mar 30
1945	Apr 14
1946	Apr 3
1947	Mar 14
1949	Mar 30
1950	Apr 10
1951	Mar 19
1952	Mar 24
1953	Apr 13
1954	Mar 26
1955	Apr 20
1956	Mar 28
1957	Mar 25
1958	Apr 5
1959	Apr 10
1960	Apr 25
1961	Mar 9
1962	Mar 26
1963	Apr 22
1965	Mar 21
1966	Apr 20
1967	Apr 30
1968	Mar 19
1969	Mar 16
1970	Apr 29
1971	Apr 2
1972	Mar 31
1973	Mar 30
1974	Mar 6
1975	Apr 8
1976	Mar 27
1977	Mar 30
1982	Mar 22
1983	Apr 13
1984	Mar 7
1985	Mar 8
1986	Feb 12
1987	Mar 31
1988	Mar 29
1989	Mar 5
1990	Mar 15
1991	Mar 28
1993	Mar 2
1994	Feb 25
1995	Mar 26
1996	Mar 3
1997	Mar 6
1998	Mar 30
1999	Apr 10
2000	Mar 2
2003	Mar 2
2004	Mar 1
2008	Feb 19
2011	Feb 23
2012	Mar 4
2013	Feb 28
2015	Mar 6
2016	Feb 9
2017	Mar 7
2018	Mar 8
2019	Mar 16
2020	Mar 1
2021	Mar 14
2022	Mar 12
2023	Apr 7
2024	Feb 15
2025	Feb 13
2026	Feb 23

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1893	165
1894	145
1895	158
1896	134
1897	159
1898	150
1899	136
1900	152
1901	158
1902	202
1903	153
1904	161
1906	183
1907	226
1908	205
1909	162
1911	172
1912	179
1913	164
1914	219
1917	196
1918	159
1919	223
1920	200
1921	196
1922	188
1923	214
1924	176
1925	228
1926	213
1927	215
1928	195
1929	196
1930	223
1931	227
1932	194
1933	200
1934	219
1935	206
1937	232
1938	214
1939	225
1940	233
1941	171
1942	181
1943	218
1944	229
1945	192
1946	211
1947	235
1949	204
1950	213
1951	227
1952	230
1953	193
1954	213
1956	210
1957	226
1958	199
1959	208
1960	188
1961	214
1962	226
1963	192
1966	202
1967	207
1968	239
1969	246
1970	179
1971	198
1972	203
1973	218
1975	198
1976	240
1982	226
1983	209
1984	247
1985	248
1986	267
1988	231
1989	238
1990	237
1993	248
1994	251
1995	223
1996	232
1997	260
1998	224
1999	226
2003	264
2011	258
2012	251
2015	244
2016	281
2017	256
2018	245
2019	226
2020	240
2021	255
2022	243
2023	217
2024	264
2025	291

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1893	22.0 °C
1894	21.8 °C
1895	21.8 °C
1896	21.1 °C
1897	22.6 °C
1898	23.0 °C
1899	21.0 °C
1900	20.5 °C
1901	21.3 °C
1902	21.4 °C
1903	21.4 °C
1904	21.0 °C
1906	22.4 °C
1907	22.8 °C
1908	22.5 °C
1911	22.0 °C
1912	20.3 °C
1913	22.1 °C
1914	22.6 °C
1915	22.5 °C
1917	23.1 °C
1918	23.2 °C
1919	24.8 °C
1920	22.9 °C
1922	23.3 °C
1923	22.5 °C
1924	23.3 °C
1925	23.1 °C
1926	23.9 °C
1927	23.1 °C
1928	23.8 °C
1929	23.4 °C
1930	23.0 °C
1931	24.2 °C
1932	22.7 °C
1933	22.6 °C
1934	23.9 °C
1935	23.6 °C
1937	23.4 °C
1938	23.1 °C
1939	23.7 °C
1940	23.7 °C
1941	21.1 °C
1942	22.8 °C
1943	23.7 °C
1944	22.5 °C
1945	23.2 °C
1946	24.4 °C
1947	24.0 °C
1948	22.8 °C
1949	23.8 °C
1950	23.4 °C
1951	23.4 °C
1952	23.9 °C
1953	23.6 °C
1954	23.8 °C
1955	23.1 °C
1956	24.6 °C
1957	23.6 °C
1958	24.2 °C
1959	24.6 °C
1960	24.6 °C
1961	24.2 °C
1962	24.1 °C
1963	23.1 °C
1964	23.5 °C
1966	25.1 °C
1967	24.1 °C
1968	24.2 °C
1969	25.7 °C
1970	24.1 °C
1971	23.2 °C
1972	23.3 °C
1973	23.6 °C
1974	24.6 °C
1975	22.9 °C
1976	23.8 °C
1981	25.3 °C
1982	24.4 °C
1983	24.1 °C
1984	25.5 °C
1985	25.6 °C
1986	25.2 °C
1987	25.4 °C
1988	24.8 °C
1990	25.3 °C
1993	24.7 °C
1994	27.0 °C
1995	24.9 °C
1996	26.8 °C
1998	24.2 °C
1999	24.6 °C
2000	27.1 °C
2003	26.1 °C
2004	25.5 °C
2008	25.1 °C
2010	25.3 °C
2011	24.6 °C
2012	26.0 °C
2015	25.0 °C
2016	24.9 °C
2017	25.1 °C
2018	26.2 °C
2019	24.4 °C
2020	25.6 °C
2021	26.5 °C
2022	26.1 °C
2023	24.3 °C
2024	26.2 °C
2025	25.6 °C
2026	26.4 °C

What this means for you: Since 1893, Santa Clara'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 St George (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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