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When to plant peas in Milwaukee: 6 April – 19 August

In Milwaukee, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 April to 19 August.

Peas in Milwaukee: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (27 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 13 March).

Last spring frost27 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C13 March, 45 days before the last frost
First autumn frost1 November, 209 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window19 June – 1 November
Days left for picking135
Daylight12:57 on 6 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 7 rainy days

Peas in Milwaukee: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Milwaukee during the peas season

About 743 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (50 mm) and June the wettest (116 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
April12.52.71041313:23
May18.78.81131314:38
June25.415.21161215:21
July27.618.3901015:04
August26.717.8811013:59
September23.414.9911012:33
October16.28.3981011:06
November8.20.95079:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Milwaukee, Chicago is 9 days earlier and Traverse City 5 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Madison121 km6 April – 14 Augustsame day
Rockford128 km5 April – 15 August1 day earlier
Chicago131 km28 March – 24 August9 days earlier
Green Bay165 km8 April – 17 August2 days later
Grand Rapids182 km7 April – 21 August1 day later
Traverse City266 km11 April – 27 August5 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Milwaukee

Seeds go straight into the bed from 6 April to 19 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Milwaukee OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 10 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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 Milwaukee?

In Milwaukee, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 April to 19 August.

When is the last spring frost in Milwaukee?

Last spring frost around 27 April, first autumn frost around 1 November.

Other crops in Milwaukee, with their dates