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Right flowerbed

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Washington DC or thereabouts

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The flowerbed on the right as you come out my apartment building. Wonderfully loamy, deep soil. Infested with mint because of a previous renter's idiot boyfriend planted it; I pulled up all I could last fall, but I suspect I will be battling mint all summer. The places for solanaceae.

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Temperature

Experimental · new and might be flaky

This year is a little warmer than usual

The average air temperature since 1 January is 15.6 °C, which is 0.6 °C above the usual 15.0 °C for this date.

Air temperature each month, this year and usually

  • Usual for the month
  • This year

Soil temperature each month, this year and usually

  • Usual for the month
  • This year
Warmest month
July
25.4 °C on average
Coldest month
January
1.3 °C on average
Soil this month
11.9 °C
mean this month, top 7 cm

Records in the last 30 years

Hottest day
40.5 °C
7 Jul 2012. This year: 39.9 °C
Coldest night
-19.4 °C
20 Feb 2015. This year: -14.6 °C
Warmest soil
34.9 °C
4 Jul 2026. This year: 34.9 °C
Coldest soil
-6.7 °C
23 Jan 2025. This year: -5.7 °C
Show the monthly figures
Month Air, usual Air, this year Soil, usual Soil, this year
Jan 1.3 °C -0.8 °C 2.5 °C 1.0 °C
Feb 2.8 °C 0.4 °C 3.4 °C 0.8 °C
Mar 7.1 °C 10.2 °C 7.5 °C 9.9 °C
Apr 12.8 °C 16.2 °C 13.1 °C 17.4 °C
May 18.0 °C 18.0 °C 18.1 °C 18.8 °C
Jun 23.0 °C 24.0 °C 23.1 °C 25.1 °C
Jul 25.4 °C 25.9 °C 25.8 °C 26.9 °C
Aug 24.4 °C 24.9 °C 24.9 °C 25.5 °C
Sep 20.8 °C 21.6 °C 21.5 °C 21.8 °C
Oct 14.5 °C 15.4 °C 15.4 °C 15.3 °C
Nov 8.4 °C 12.3 °C 9.2 °C 11.9 °C
Dec 3.7 °C – 4.5 °C –

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These figures are from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so your own rain and temperatures can differ. Check your national weather service before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

In the usual frost danger

The usual last frost is 9 Apr, in 146 days. It has come as late as 21 Apr.

The frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
Usual last frost
9 Apr
has come as late as 21 Apr
Next frost danger starts
5 Nov
as early as 26 Oct, 356 days from now
Frost-free season
207 days
in a typical year

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Previously planted in this garden

2017

bell pepper bell pepper
lemon thyme lemon thyme

2016

carrot carrot

2015

leek leek
fava bean fava bean

2013

tomato
shallot shallot
cayenne pepper cayenne pepper
rose
tomato
cayenne pepper cayenne pepper
tomatillo tomatillo
eggplant eggplant
cayenne pepper cayenne pepper

About this garden

Owner neotoma
Location
Washington DC or thereabouts

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