When to plant in Kohler, WI

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

Safe to plant out

May 4

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 22

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 19

1 year in 10 by Oct 5

Frost-free days

186

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Sheboygan · 5.4 km away · station 198 m, town 209 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	Mar 20 – Apr 3	May 15 – May 29	Jul 9
Sweet pepper	Mar 6 – Mar 20	May 15 – May 29	Jul 14
Lettuce (leaf)	Mar 6 – Mar 13	Apr 10 – Apr 24	May 20
Peas	—	Apr 10 – May 8	Jun 4
Bush beans	—	May 9 – May 30	Jun 28
Carrot	—	Apr 22 – Jun 3	Jun 21
Beet	—	Apr 22 – Jun 3	Jun 11
Potato	—	Apr 22 – May 13	Jul 1
Kale	Mar 6 – Mar 20	Apr 17 – May 1	May 30
Broccoli	Feb 27 – Mar 13	Apr 10 – May 1	Jun 9
Cucumber	Apr 17 – Apr 24	May 15 – May 29	Jul 4
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 17 – Apr 24	May 15 – May 29	Jun 29
Winter squash	Apr 17 – Apr 24	May 15 – May 29	Aug 3
Sweet corn	—	May 9 – May 30	Jul 8
Onion (from sets)	—	Apr 10 – May 1	Jul 9
Garlic	—	Oct 5 – Nov 2 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Apr 10 – May 8	May 18
Basil	Apr 3 – Apr 17	May 15 – May 29	Jul 11

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Kohler'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	May 5
1901	Apr 21
1902	May 10
1903	May 1
1904	Apr 21
1905	May 1
1906	May 9
1907	May 11
1908	May 2
1909	May 4
1910	May 14
1912	Apr 19
1913	Apr 21
1916	Apr 10
1917	May 23
1918	May 1
1921	Apr 18
1922	Apr 28
1923	May 9
1924	May 10
1925	May 24
1926	May 4
1927	Apr 24
1928	Apr 27
1929	Apr 21
1930	Apr 26
1931	May 4
1932	Apr 26
1933	Apr 27
1934	Apr 27
1935	May 4
1936	Apr 25
1937	Apr 26
1938	Apr 22
1939	Apr 30
1940	May 2
1941	Apr 2
1942	Apr 12
1943	May 1
1944	Apr 19
1945	May 9
1946	Apr 27
1947	May 9
1948	May 8
1949	Apr 24
1950	May 7
1951	Apr 20
1952	Apr 15
1953	Apr 28
1954	May 7
1955	Apr 7
1956	Apr 30
1957	Apr 15
1958	Apr 30
1959	Apr 21
1960	Apr 19
1961	May 2
1962	Apr 20
1963	May 1
1964	Apr 15
1965	Apr 28
1966	May 10
1967	May 3
1968	Apr 25
1969	Apr 29
1970	May 6
1971	Apr 24
1972	Apr 25
1973	Apr 14
1974	May 7
1975	Apr 22
1976	Apr 27
1977	Apr 29
1978	May 1
1979	Apr 11
1980	Apr 24
1981	Apr 21
1982	Apr 27
1983	May 10
1984	Apr 7
1985	Apr 10
1986	Apr 23
1987	Apr 4
1988	Apr 21
1989	May 7
1990	Apr 18
1991	Apr 12
1992	May 6
1993	Apr 26
1994	May 2
1995	Apr 10
1996	May 13
1997	Apr 18
1999	Mar 27
2000	Apr 22
2001	Apr 19
2003	Apr 28
2004	May 3
2005	May 2
2006	Apr 8
2007	Apr 15
2008	Apr 30

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1900	185
1902	171
1903	169
1904	188
1905	172
1906	153
1907	149
1908	151
1909	160
1910	166
1912	187
1913	179
1916	182
1917	137
1921	203
1922	172
1923	164
1924	165
1925	138
1926	144
1927	193
1928	151
1929	197
1930	173
1931	185
1932	162
1933	177
1934	184
1936	169
1937	169
1938	199
1939	165
1940	186
1941	207
1942	166
1943	178
1944	185
1945	146
1946	168
1947	182
1948	161
1949	182
1950	139
1951	170
1952	170
1953	189
1954	175
1955	200
1956	191
1957	192
1958	190
1959	188
1960	183
1961	152
1962	186
1963	184
1964	177
1965	182
1966	167
1967	161
1968	186
1969	167
1970	162
1971	193
1972	166
1973	202
1974	137
1975	162
1976	172
1977	195
1978	183
1979	185
1980	163
1981	164
1982	176
1983	177
1984	204
1985	211
1986	192
1987	186
1988	173
1989	163
1990	183
1991	186
1992	163
1993	166
1994	197
1995	198
1996	170
1997	186
1999	190
2000	167
2001	187
2003	156
2004	154
2005	178
2006	186
2007	205

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1901	16.0 °C
1903	15.2 °C
1904	14.4 °C
1905	15.2 °C
1906	16.4 °C
1907	13.9 °C
1908	16.2 °C
1909	15.1 °C
1910	15.8 °C
1912	15.3 °C
1913	15.4 °C
1916	16.1 °C
1917	14.2 °C
1918	15.2 °C
1919	17.2 °C
1920	14.8 °C
1921	18.3 °C
1922	16.1 °C
1923	15.1 °C
1924	13.7 °C
1925	16.6 °C
1927	15.1 °C
1928	15.0 °C
1929	15.4 °C
1930	16.6 °C
1931	17.3 °C
1932	16.8 °C
1933	17.4 °C
1934	16.3 °C
1936	16.5 °C
1937	16.4 °C
1938	16.8 °C
1939	16.8 °C
1940	15.5 °C
1941	17.7 °C
1942	16.1 °C
1943	15.8 °C
1944	16.6 °C
1945	15.2 °C
1948	17.0 °C
1949	16.8 °C
1950	14.5 °C
1951	15.0 °C
1952	16.5 °C
1953	16.6 °C
1954	15.9 °C
1955	17.9 °C
1956	15.1 °C
1957	15.3 °C
1958	15.7 °C
1959	16.6 °C
1960	15.8 °C
1961	16.1 °C
1962	15.9 °C
1963	16.0 °C
1964	16.6 °C
1965	15.3 °C
1966	16.1 °C
1967	15.0 °C
1968	16.0 °C
1969	15.9 °C
1970	16.5 °C
1971	15.8 °C
1972	15.1 °C
1973	16.4 °C
1974	15.5 °C
1975	16.1 °C
1976	16.7 °C
1977	16.9 °C
1978	16.0 °C
1979	15.2 °C
1980	16.6 °C
1981	16.4 °C
1982	15.3 °C
1983	16.6 °C
1984	16.3 °C
1985	16.8 °C
1986	16.6 °C
1987	17.9 °C
1988	18.0 °C
1989	16.1 °C
1990	16.4 °C
1991	17.4 °C
1992	14.4 °C
1993	14.8 °C
1994	16.3 °C
1995	17.0 °C
1996	14.9 °C
1997	15.2 °C
1999	17.0 °C
2000	15.8 °C
2001	16.5 °C
2006	17.3 °C
2007	17.5 °C

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

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