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Watermelon in Ottawa: weekly temperatures and windows

Detailed weekly chart for this crop and place. For planting dates, see when to plant watermelon in Ottawa.

Growing window for Watermelon: May 31 – Aug 17 (79 days)

Planting window for Watermelon: May 31 – Jun 20 (21 days)

Usually too cold: Aug 17 – Dec 31

Outdoors: weekly temperatures and windows

Temperatures across the year for Ottawa. Shaded bands are this plant’s ideal and tolerable daytime air ranges. Growing is daytime air suitability; Planting is sow / plant-out conditions (same colour language). Window brackets mark each stretch.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec−40 °C−40 °F−30 °C−22 °F−20 °C−4 °F−10 °C14 °F0 °C32 °F10 °C50 °F20 °C68 °F30 °C86 °F40 °C104 °FTolerable 16–38 °CTolerable 61–100 °FIdeal 21–35 °CIdeal 70–95 °FWindowGrowingMay 31 – Aug 17PlantingMay 31 – Jun 20Last frost ~Apr 28First frost ~Oct 29
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Selected week · tap a week or use the arrows

Week 22 · May 25 – May 31

Average 11 to 21 °C · Possible 3 to 34 °C

Growing: too cold

Planting: too cold

A week is in range when its average low and high sit inside the tolerance band 16 to 38 °C; it is suitable when that average range also overlaps the ideal 21 to 35 °C band and possible readings stay within 0 °C to 38 °C. Crossing a possible limit, or missing the ideal band, makes it tolerable; any chance of frost (possible low below 0 °C) makes it too cold. When a sowing window is calculated, weeks outside that window are uncoloured even if air is in range.

Based on average frost dates (35 seasons (1991–2025)).

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Temperatures for Ottawa with this plant’s ideal and tolerable bands.
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Cover method weekly charts

Outdoor weekly chart is above. Open a cover chart only if you grow under fleece, a cold frame, or an unheated greenhouse.

Dates for Ottawa use ERA5-Land cell 45.41, -75.70. How we calculated this · Algorithm 2026-10-season-10.

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