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wheat Wheat planting

grown by shiny in front garden · Wellington, NZ

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Planted 2026-06-01

First harvest expected 2027-01-07

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

6 months ago 2026-06-01

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

1 plant

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for wheat so farFrom Jun 01 to Nov 09, 12 of 162 days had a high inside the best range of 15–23°C. The highs were below the best range on 150 days. The weather was too cold on 27 days (lows below 5°C).
Expected to grow, though not at the fastest, for wheatGoing by last year's weather, 4 of the 9 days from Nov 10 to Nov 18 should have a high inside the best range of 15–23°C. The highs could be below the best range on 5 days.
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 5–27°Grows best 15–23°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 09: 0.9 mm

The dotted lines and bars are expected weather, last year's data for the same days moved forward a year. They are not observed.

Rain
496 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
10.1°C
Days in its best range
12 of 162
Days
162

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.

Photos

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Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

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    Planted

Frost danger has passed for this wheat planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The wheat planting went in on 1 Jun, 89 days before the usual last frost (29 Aug). 3 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest 1.1 °C.

This wheat planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
  • Planting still to come
Coldest night
1.1 °C
0.9 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 217 days after this wheat planting finishes
Frost-free season
295 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)

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Crop

Photo of wheat

Wheat

Triticum aestivum

  • 4 plantings
  • An annual
  • Usually grown in sun