Rankings · Gardening
The states with the longest growing season
Frost-free days.
Average number of days between the last spring frost and the first fall frost, over 2004-2024. This is the window most annual vegetables have to grow. Averaged across the weather stations in each county, so a county with real elevation change varies inside itself.
- 1Florida310 days
- 2Arizona280 days
- 3Louisiana278 days
- 4Texas269 days
- 5California258 days
- 6Mississippi245 days
- 7Alabama239 days
- 8Georgia235 days
- 9South Carolina234 days
- 10Arkansas224 days
- 11District of Columbia220 days
- 12Oklahoma219 days
- 13Hawaii217 days
- 14North Carolina216 days
- 15Delaware214 days
- 16Virginia211 days
- 17Maryland210 days
- 18Tennessee209 days
- 19Nevada208 days
- 20New York205 days
- 21New Jersey204 days
- 22Kentucky202 days
- 23Missouri201 days
- 24Kansas194 days
- 25Pennsylvania189 days
- 26Oregon188 days
- 27Connecticut187 days
- 28Illinois186 days
- 29Ohio186 days
- 30Indiana184 days
- 31Rhode Island184 days
- 32West Virginia184 days
- 33New Mexico182 days
- 34Washington181 days
- 35Massachusetts179 days
- 36Nebraska172 days
- 37Iowa168 days
- 38Michigan167 days
- 39Wisconsin162 days
- 40Minnesota161 days
- 41New Hampshire160 days
- 42Maine158 days
- 43Idaho152 days
- 44South Dakota150 days
- 45Vermont148 days
- 46Colorado143 days
- 47North Dakota142 days
- 48Utah140 days
- 49Alaska132 days
- 50Montana119 days
- 51Wyoming118 days
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<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/growing-season" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Frost-free days by state"></iframe>Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS. · How this is built