Forty years of NOAA freeze records · every rule cited

The right moment for every seed, in every ZIP code.

Name a crop and a place. We read the freeze record at your nearest climate station and answer with a precise window — and with the university source behind every number.

e.g. tomatoes in 30318 · garlic in Minneapolis · Denver’s season length

Records, not folklore

Freeze probabilities from the 1991–2020 NOAA normals at a named station near you — its distance always disclosed.

Windows, not dates

Planting time is a probability. Every answer is a range anchored to the freeze record — never a single “safe day”.

Chapter & verse

Each rule cites its university extension source, and where authorities disagree, the more cautious rule prevails. Read the methodology.

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Why a window, not a date

Weather does not follow averages, so PlantingWindow never gives you a single “safe day.” Every answer is a range anchored to freeze probabilities, with the station, the climate-normal period, and the extension rule behind it in plain sight. For season planning across several crops, build a printable planting calendar.