When to plant in Nashville, WI

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

Safe to plant out

Jun 2

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

May 25

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Sep 26

1 year in 10 by Sep 15

Frost-free days

121

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Laona 6 Sw · 20.7 km away · station 517 m, town 519 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	Apr 7 – Apr 21	Jun 2 – Jun 16	Jul 27
Sweet pepper	Mar 24 – Apr 7	Jun 2 – Jun 16	Aug 1
Lettuce (leaf)	Mar 23 – Mar 30	Apr 27 – May 11	Jun 6
Peas	—	Apr 23 – May 21	Jun 17
Bush beans	—	May 26 – Jun 16	Jul 15
Carrot	—	May 4 – Jun 15	Jul 3
Beet	—	May 2 – Jun 13	Jun 21
Potato	—	May 4 – May 25	Jul 13
Kale	Mar 19 – Apr 2	Apr 30 – May 14	Jun 12
Broccoli	Mar 16 – Mar 30	Apr 27 – May 18	Jun 26
Cucumber	May 5 – May 12	Jun 2 – Jun 16	Jul 22
Summer squash and zucchini	May 5 – May 12	Jun 2 – Jun 16	Jul 17
Winter squash	May 5 – May 12	Jun 2 – Jun 16	Aug 21
Sweet corn	—	May 26 – Jun 16	Jul 25
Onion (from sets)	—	Apr 27 – May 18	Jul 26
Garlic	—	Sep 12 – Oct 10 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Apr 23 – May 21	May 31
Basil	Apr 21 – May 5	Jun 2 – Jun 16	Jul 29

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Nashville'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
1928	May 12
1929	Jun 7
1930	May 25
1931	May 23
1932	May 28
1933	May 10
1934	May 26
1937	Jun 10
1939	May 18
1940	May 30
1941	Jun 16
1943	Jun 8
1944	Jun 30
1946	Jun 5
1949	Jun 8
1955	May 17
1957	Jun 2
1958	Jun 17
1959	Jun 23
1960	May 14
1961	Jun 15
1962	Jun 13
1963	Jun 21
1964	Jun 16
1965	Jun 15
1966	Jun 10
1967	Jul 5
1968	Jun 20
1969	Jun 9
1970	May 11
1971	Jun 10
1972	Jul 4
1973	May 30
1974	May 26
1975	May 16
1976	May 25
1977	Jun 9
1978	Jun 13
1979	Jun 24
1980	Jun 16
1981	May 19
1982	Jun 16
1983	May 27
1984	May 29
1985	Jun 3
1986	Jun 2
1987	May 23
1988	Jun 9
1989	May 12
1990	Jun 4
1991	May 8
1992	Jun 21
1993	Jun 1
1994	Jun 2
1995	May 18
1996	May 29
1997	May 27
1998	Jun 5
1999	May 14
2000	May 20
2001	May 30
2002	May 21
2003	Jun 1
2004	May 28
2005	May 16
2006	May 23
2007	May 20
2008	May 28
2009	May 31
2010	May 15
2011	May 27
2012	Apr 30
2013	May 24
2014	May 18
2015	May 31

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1928	135
1929	102
1930	127
1931	140
1932	129
1933	147
1934	94
1937	72
1939	58
1940	81
1943	70
1955	112
1957	63
1958	85
1959	79
1960	126
1961	92
1962	98
1963	74
1964	53
1965	74
1966	96
1967	36
1968	67
1969	71
1970	139
1971	99
1972	60
1973	112
1974	99
1975	115
1976	95
1977	103
1978	106
1979	75
1980	92
1981	89
1982	97
1983	108
1984	119
1985	99
1986	96
1987	124
1988	115
1989	133
1990	104
1991	133
1992	93
1993	109
1994	121
1995	114
1996	126
1997	126
1998	108
1999	129
2000	126
2001	117
2002	138
2003	119
2004	126
2005	143
2006	120
2007	117
2008	127
2009	121
2010	140
2011	111
2012	141
2013	142
2014	116
2015	121

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

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1928	13.1 °C
1929	13.8 °C
1930	15.7 °C
1931	15.8 °C
1932	14.8 °C
1933	15.8 °C
1934	15.0 °C
1936	13.7 °C
1937	14.6 °C
1938	14.0 °C
1939	14.1 °C
1940	13.1 °C
1943	13.1 °C
1944	14.3 °C
1948	14.4 °C
1949	14.6 °C
1953	14.4 °C
1955	15.4 °C
1957	13.7 °C
1958	13.0 °C
1959	14.7 °C
1960	13.5 °C
1961	13.1 °C
1962	13.1 °C
1963	13.7 °C
1964	13.7 °C
1965	12.9 °C
1966	13.3 °C
1967	11.9 °C
1968	13.4 °C
1969	13.2 °C
1970	14.4 °C
1971	13.4 °C
1972	13.2 °C
1973	13.6 °C
1974	12.7 °C
1975	13.6 °C
1976	14.2 °C
1977	14.3 °C
1978	13.4 °C
1979	12.6 °C
1980	13.7 °C
1981	13.3 °C
1982	12.7 °C
1983	13.8 °C
1984	13.7 °C
1985	13.4 °C
1986	13.9 °C
1987	15.2 °C
1988	15.1 °C
1989	13.3 °C
1990	13.9 °C
1991	14.8 °C
1992	12.2 °C
1993	12.6 °C
1994	13.7 °C
1995	13.8 °C
1996	11.8 °C
1997	11.9 °C
1998	14.6 °C
1999	14.1 °C
2000	12.5 °C
2001	13.5 °C
2002	13.3 °C
2003	12.9 °C
2004	12.3 °C
2005	14.2 °C
2006	13.6 °C
2007	13.8 °C
2008	12.8 °C
2009	12.5 °C
2010	14.3 °C
2011	12.9 °C
2012	14.0 °C
2013	12.5 °C
2014	12.2 °C
2015	13.6 °C

What this means for you: Since 1928, Nashville's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 4 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Laona 6 Sw (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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