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When to plant peas in Juneau: 6 May – 24 July

In Juneau, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 May to 24 July.

Peas in Juneau: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (27 May), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 26 May, 20 days after that.

Last spring frost27 May
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C26 May, 1 day before the last frost
First autumn frost6 October, 153 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window19 July – 6 October
Days left for picking79
Daylight16:04 on 6 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 20 rainy days

Peas in Juneau: care after planting

Planted on 6 May: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Juneau during the peas season

About 1713 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (184 mm) and October the wettest (399 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
May8.112161916:44
June12.55.61842018:14
July14.68.22221917:37
August14.183132015:27
September10.44.93792112:54
October4.1-0.53992210:22

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Juneau; the closest date is in Yellowknife, 4 days earlier.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Whitehorse272 km27 April – 16 July9 days earlier
Anchorage923 km9 April – 1 August27 days earlier
Fairbanks1,008 km17 April – 11 July19 days earlier
Yellowknife1,189 km2 May – 22 July4 days earlier
Vancouver1,244 km6 March – 4 September61 days earlier
Victoria1,316 km8 February – 8 October87 days earlier

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.

Questions

When to plant peas in Juneau?

In Juneau, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 May to 24 July.

When is the last spring frost in Juneau?

Last spring frost around 27 May, first autumn frost around 6 October.

Other crops in Juneau, with their dates