Last and first frost dates in Launceston

When is the last frost in Launceston?

The last frost in Launceston usually comes around 28 August: that is the median of 2016–2025, so in about half of those years the last night at or below 0 °C came later. Hardy crops start before it and frost-tender ones only after it: in the table below arugula can go into open ground from 7 August, while corn waits until 13 October. The first autumn frost follows around 8 June, about 284 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

When to sow and plant

Planting out: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop; frost-hardy crops three weeks before it; an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Seedlings are sown so they are ready on that day. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

When the soil warms up in Launceston

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 12 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 71 days after it.

Frost dates near Launceston

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Geelong (1 July) and latest in Devonport (23 August).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Launceston

Within 15 km of Launceston OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 1 market (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest farm supply to the city centre is TasHerd Pty Ltd, 9 km away.

• TasHerd Pty Ltd — farm supply
  Main Street 16, 7290 · 9 km
• Launceston Harvest Market — market
  Cimitiere Street 71, 7250 · Sat 08:30–12:30 · 1 km · harvestmarket.org.au

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Launceston
• Selling your own harvest in Australia

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Launceston by month

Average weather in Launceston over 2016–2025: the warmest month is January. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: December–March (21.7–24.7 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 4.3 °C. About 818 mm of rain falls in a year, on 117 days; July is the wettest month (86 mm) and February the driest (55 mm).

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).