GreenlyLast and first frost dates in New Plymouth
New Zealand
New Plymouth had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none in ten years |
Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.
There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
When the soil warms up in New Plymouth
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of July |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of July |
| 15 °C | already in the first week of July |
| 18 °C | 8 December |
Frost dates near New Plymouth
Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Napier (31 July) and latest in Rotorua (10 September).
| City | Distance | Last spring frost | First autumn frost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton (New Zealand) | 177 km | 6 August | 15 June |
| Palmerston North | 194 km | 11 August | 21 June |
| Rotorua | 215 km | 10 September | 26 May |
| Tauranga | 238 km | 18 August | — |
| Napier | 248 km | 31 July | — |
Seeds, seedlings and markets in New Plymouth
Within 15 km of New Plymouth OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Woodleigh Nursery, 11 km away.
- Woodleigh Nursery — garden centre
Sh 3A (Mountain Road) 300, 4373 New Plymouth · 11 km · woodleigh.co.nz - Paradise Valley Berry Farm — farm shop
Corbett Road 351 · 9 km
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
New Plymouth: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in New Plymouth by month
Average weather in New Plymouth over 2016–2025: the warmest month is February. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: February (20.6 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 11.2 °C. About 1726 mm of rain falls in a year, on 167 days; July is the wettest month (204 mm) and February the driest (101 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9 | 17.5 | 109 | 10 |
| February | 20.6 | 18.1 | 101 | 9 |
| March | 19.8 | 17.3 | 126 | 12 |
| April | 18.5 | 15.9 | 148 | 13 |
| May | 16.7 | 14.3 | 180 | 15 |
| June | 15.2 | 12.7 | 153 | 16 |
| July | 14.1 | 11.7 | 204 | 18 |
| August | 13.8 | 11.2 | 174 | 16 |
| September | 14.3 | 12.1 | 141 | 17 |
| October | 15.2 | 13 | 123 | 15 |
| November | 16.9 | 14.7 | 129 | 13 |
| December | 18.7 | 16.4 | 138 | 13 |
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).
