When to plant in Warsaw, VA

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

Safe to plant out

Apr 19

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 7

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 30

1 year in 10 by Oct 20

Frost-free days

207

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Warsaw 2 Nw · 3.7 km away · station 43 m, town 40 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	Feb 22 – Mar 8	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 13
Sweet pepper	Feb 8 – Feb 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 18
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 3 – Feb 10	Mar 10 – Mar 24	Apr 19
Peas	—	Feb 24 – Mar 24	Apr 20
Bush beans	—	Apr 12 – May 3	Jun 1
Carrot	—	Mar 17 – Apr 28	May 16
Beet	—	Mar 10 – Apr 21	Apr 29
Potato	—	Mar 17 – Apr 7	May 26
Kale	Jan 27 – Feb 10	Mar 10 – Mar 24	Apr 22
Broccoli	Jan 27 – Feb 10	Mar 10 – Mar 31	May 9
Cucumber	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 8
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 3
Winter squash	Mar 22 – Mar 29	Apr 19 – May 3	Jul 8
Sweet corn	—	Apr 12 – May 3	Jun 11
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 10 – Mar 31	Jun 8
Garlic	—	Oct 16 – Nov 13 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 24 – Mar 24	Apr 3
Basil	Mar 8 – Mar 22	Apr 19 – May 3	Jun 15

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Warsaw'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	Mar 30
1894	Apr 9
1895	Apr 19
1896	Apr 9
1897	Apr 21
1899	Apr 17
1900	Apr 15
1902	Apr 16
1903	Apr 6
1904	Apr 21
1905	Apr 19
1906	May 11
1909	Apr 11
1911	Apr 11
1913	May 12
1914	Apr 14
1915	Apr 8
1916	Apr 11
1918	Apr 13
1919	Apr 27
1920	May 5
1921	Apr 12
1922	Apr 30
1923	Apr 10
1925	May 8
1926	May 5
1928	May 14
1941	Mar 31
1942	Apr 2
1943	Apr 16
1944	Apr 20
1945	Apr 7
1946	Apr 18
1951	Apr 18
1952	Apr 10
1953	Apr 22
1954	Apr 13
1955	Apr 8
1956	Apr 25
1957	Apr 16
1958	Apr 4
1959	Apr 5
1960	Apr 20
1961	Apr 21
1962	Apr 17
1963	Apr 8
1964	Apr 10
1965	Apr 5
1966	May 11
1967	Apr 13
1968	Apr 12
1969	Apr 13
1970	Apr 13
1971	Apr 30
1972	Apr 28
1973	Apr 15
1974	Apr 20
1975	Apr 14
1976	Apr 13
1977	Apr 10
1978	Mar 18
1979	Apr 10
1980	Apr 17
1981	Apr 16
1982	Apr 12
1983	Apr 21
1984	Apr 11
1985	Apr 10
1986	Apr 23
1987	Apr 6
1988	Apr 20
1989	Apr 13
1990	Apr 19
1991	Apr 4
1992	Apr 6
1993	Apr 8
1994	Mar 30
1995	Apr 6
1996	Apr 18
1997	Apr 20
1998	Mar 25
1999	Mar 23
2000	Mar 19
2001	Apr 19
2002	Apr 7
2003	Mar 31
2004	Apr 5
2005	Apr 17
2006	Apr 10
2007	Apr 11
2008	Apr 16
2009	Mar 25
2010	Mar 28
2011	Apr 6
2014	Apr 18
2015	Apr 5
2019	Apr 2
2020	May 10
2021	Apr 22
2022	Apr 20
2023	Apr 10
2024	Mar 26
2025	Apr 9
2026	Apr 21

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1893	200
1894	211
1895	173
1896	192
1897	199
1899	166
1900	207
1902	196
1903	203
1905	185
1909	184
1913	162
1915	199
1916	182
1918	192
1919	195
1920	177
1922	179
1923	205
1925	155
1942	207
1943	207
1944	185
1945	211
1946	209
1951	199
1952	193
1953	168
1954	177
1955	197
1956	199
1957	179
1958	217
1959	206
1960	184
1961	189
1962	189
1963	205
1964	180
1965	183
1966	162
1967	189
1968	176
1969	187
1971	188
1972	174
1973	204
1974	166
1975	199
1976	188
1977	190
1978	204
1979	187
1980	192
1981	186
1982	187
1983	192
1984	210
1985	236
1986	179
1987	185
1988	171
1989	204
1990	190
1991	199
1992	196
1993	198
1994	211
1995	212
1996	198
1997	185
1998	224
1999	225
2000	223
2001	172
2002	207
2003	206
2004	217
2005	194
2006	186
2007	209
2009	226
2010	218
2011	207
2014	198
2019	215
2020	191
2021	196
2022	182
2023	205
2024	215
2025	215

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1893	20.8 °C
1894	21.3 °C
1895	21.1 °C
1896	21.8 °C
1897	20.5 °C
1899	21.3 °C
1900	22.0 °C
1902	20.6 °C
1903	20.6 °C
1904	21.0 °C
1905	21.2 °C
1909	19.3 °C
1911	21.6 °C
1913	20.8 °C
1914	21.5 °C
1915	20.5 °C
1916	20.5 °C
1917	19.7 °C
1918	19.8 °C
1919	19.3 °C
1920	19.5 °C
1921	21.5 °C
1922	19.9 °C
1923	19.6 °C
1925	20.3 °C
1926	19.9 °C
1928	19.7 °C
1942	22.5 °C
1943	22.1 °C
1944	22.2 °C
1945	22.0 °C
1946	20.9 °C
1951	20.9 °C
1952	21.6 °C
1953	21.7 °C
1954	21.7 °C
1955	21.7 °C
1956	20.6 °C
1957	22.0 °C
1958	20.8 °C
1959	22.3 °C
1960	21.4 °C
1961	20.8 °C
1962	20.8 °C
1963	20.9 °C
1964	20.8 °C
1965	21.1 °C
1966	20.4 °C
1967	19.8 °C
1968	20.8 °C
1969	21.1 °C
1970	21.4 °C
1971	20.3 °C
1972	20.0 °C
1973	21.5 °C
1974	20.9 °C
1975	20.8 °C
1976	20.9 °C
1977	22.2 °C
1978	21.1 °C
1979	20.6 °C
1980	22.1 °C
1981	21.1 °C
1982	20.5 °C
1983	21.1 °C
1984	20.6 °C
1985	21.6 °C
1986	21.6 °C
1987	21.9 °C
1988	21.4 °C
1989	21.1 °C
1990	21.0 °C
1991	22.4 °C
1992	20.2 °C
1993	21.7 °C
1994	21.5 °C
1995	21.4 °C
1996	20.9 °C
1997	20.4 °C
1998	22.3 °C
1999	21.8 °C
2000	21.1 °C
2002	22.8 °C
2003	21.5 °C
2004	21.9 °C
2005	22.0 °C
2006	21.8 °C
2007	22.3 °C
2008	22.0 °C
2009	21.8 °C
2010	23.9 °C
2011	22.9 °C
2014	21.1 °C
2015	22.3 °C
2019	22.8 °C
2020	21.5 °C
2021	21.6 °C
2022	21.6 °C
2023	21.4 °C
2024	22.0 °C
2025	21.9 °C
2026	22.6 °C

What this means for you: Since 1893, Warsaw's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown 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 Warsaw 2 Nw (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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