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  1. Sown 2026-10-30
  2. Finished 2027-02-05 expected

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

16 days ago 2026-10-30

Progress

16%
day 16 of 98

Degree days

62 of about 90 needed

Quantity

unknown seeds

Grown in

not specified

Rating

3 of 5

Parent Seed

Grown from

Seed Your calendula packet

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low
Too cold for calendula so farFrom Oct 30 to Nov 10, 6 of 12 days had a high inside the best range of 16–26°C. The highs were below the best range on 6 days. The weather was too cold on 3 days (lows below 8°C).
Expected to be mixed for calendulaGoing by last year's weather, 54 of the 87 days from Nov 11 to Feb 05 should have a high inside the best range of 16–26°C. The highs could be below the best range on 33 days. It could be too cold on 1 day (lows below 8°C).
Latest, Nov 10: 18.5°C / 11.9°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 8–30°Grows best 16–26°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 10: 18.7 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
32 mm
Hottest day
18.5°C
Coldest night
6.4°C
Soil temperature
15.1°C
Days in its best range
6 of 12
Days
12

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.

Notes

Scattered

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Frost danger has passed for this calendula planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 45 days ago. The calendula planting went in on 30 Oct, 62 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This calendula planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
  • Planting still to come
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 138 days after this calendula 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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