Sugar snap pea · Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
When to plant sugar snap peas in Aguascalientes
Main outdoor window
1-22 Jan
A climate estimate. Check your soil, forecast and cultivar.
Timed from last spring frost
5 February
In Aguascalientes, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 Jun - 31 Aug
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Aguascalientes
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Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.
Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.
Sow for autumn
10-31 Aug
Counting back 89 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Sow direct
1-22 Jan
Five weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
1 Jun - 31 Aug
Sugar snap peas through the year
Against the frost risk in Aguascalientes
Seasonal context
Rainfall and the growing season in Aguascalientes
July has the highest average precipitation (131 mm); April has the lowest (4 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.
During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.
Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.
Monthly growing conditions in Aguascalientes
Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.
| Month | Average low | Average high | Frost days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C (40.7°F)40.7°F (4.9°C) | 20.8°C (69.5°F)69.5°F (20.8°C) | 1.3 |
| February | 5.8°C (42.5°F)42.5°F (5.8°C) | 23.1°C (73.7°F)73.7°F (23.1°C) | 0.7 |
| March | 7.4°C (45.3°F)45.3°F (7.4°C) | 25.8°C (78.5°F)78.5°F (25.8°C) | 0.1 |
| April | 9.9°C (49.9°F)49.9°F (9.9°C) | 28.6°C (83.4°F)83.4°F (28.6°C) | 0.0 |
| May | 12.7°C (54.9°F)54.9°F (12.7°C) | 30.3°C (86.5°F)86.5°F (30.3°C) | 0.0 |
| June | 14.2°C (57.6°F)57.6°F (14.2°C) | 28.9°C (84.1°F)84.1°F (28.9°C) | 0.0 |
| July | 13.2°C (55.8°F)55.8°F (13.2°C) | 27.1°C (80.8°F)80.8°F (27.1°C) | 0.0 |
| August | 13°C (55.4°F)55.4°F (13°C) | 27.2°C (81°F)81°F (27.2°C) | 0.0 |
| September | 12.7°C (54.8°F)54.8°F (12.7°C) | 26.2°C (79.2°F)79.2°F (26.2°C) | 0.0 |
| October | 10.5°C (50.9°F)50.9°F (10.5°C) | 25.4°C (77.7°F)77.7°F (25.4°C) | 0.0 |
| November | 7.6°C (45.7°F)45.7°F (7.6°C) | 23.3°C (73.9°F)73.9°F (23.3°C) | 0.5 |
| December | 5.7°C (42.3°F)42.3°F (5.7°C) | 21.1°C (70°F)70°F (21.1°C) | 1.0 |
For sugar snap peas, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.
Local growing check
Before choosing sugar snap peas for Aguascalientes
- July is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 131 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.
Before you plant sugar snap peas
Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.
- Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 7°C (44.6°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
- Frost tolerance does not make saturated or frozen soil suitable for planting. Wait until the bed can be worked without smearing or compacting it.
- Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.
Harvest filled, tender pods rather than dry peas
Fit supports before the tendrils tangle, choosing a frame for the cultivar's height. Keep roots moist during flowering and pod filling, particularly if a cooler-season sowing reaches warm weather.
Pick plump pods while still tender and sample them regularly. Leaving the whole crop to form hard mature seeds gives a different eating quality and shortens the useful fresh-pod harvest.
What to record this season
When were pods plump but still tender, and how long did that stage last? Add the cultivar, sowing date and conditions to your growing record so you can compare next season.
Further reading: NC State Extension Plant Toolbox: Pisum sativum . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 19 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.
The reference describes crop identity and cultivation. North Carolina planting dates are not local dates for other regions.
How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy
Why these dates
Fit supports before the tendrils tangle, choosing a frame for the cultivar's height. Keep roots moist during flowering and pod filling, particularly if a cooler-season sowing reaches warm weather.
Cold tolerance varies with cultivar, plant age, acclimatisation and the duration of a freeze. A plant surviving frost does not mean its leaves, heads, flowers or developing crop will remain undamaged. Check the forecast and the variety's local advice.
This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Sugar snap peas are timed for direct sowing 5 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Aguascalientes.
The median frost-free season here is 296 days, against 60 to 75 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
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Growing sugar snap peas in Aguascalientes
Can I grow sugar snap peas in Aguascalientes?
The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. July is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 131 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
When should I plant sugar snap peas in Aguascalientes?
Aim for 1-22 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 28 Jan - 18 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When might sugar snap peas be ready to harvest in Aguascalientes?
The estimated period is 1 Jun - 31 Aug, based on 60 to 75 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.
How much frost will sugar snap peas tolerate?
Cold tolerance varies with cultivar, plant age, acclimatisation and the duration of a freeze. A plant surviving frost does not mean its leaves, heads, flowers or developing crop will remain undamaged. Check the forecast and the variety's local advice.