{"key":"best-canadian-cities-for-growing-watermelon","title":"Best Canadian Cities for Growing Watermelon","shortTitle":"Best Watermelon Cities","slug":"best-canadian-cities-for-growing-watermelon","permalink":"/data/rankings/best-canadian-cities-for-growing-watermelon/","description":"Canadian cities ranked by how realistic outdoor watermelon is in a typical outdoor season.","updated":"2026-05-23","cropKey":"watermelons","cropName":"Watermelons","methodology":"Scores use local GDD margin, frost-free season length, delay tolerance, and the number of watermelon variety classes that fit the season.","caveat":"This is a planning signal, not a guarantee. It assumes outdoor growing in a typical season and does not fully capture microclimates, soil warmth, wind exposure, irrigation, or greenhouse conditions.","top":{"rank":1,"cityKey":"evansville","cityName":"Evansville","regionKey":"indiana","regionName":"Indiana","country":"usa","cropKey":"watermelons","cropName":"Watermelons","url":"/planting-dates/indiana/evansville/watermelons/","score":100,"label":"Very realistic","tone":"Relaxed watermelon country","reason":"Evansville has a large heat margin for watermelons, and multiple watermelon variety classes fit the outdoor season.","badgeClass":"surplus","confidence":"surplus","frostFreeDays":226,"availableGddFromPlanting":4523,"targetGdd":1350,"gddMargin":3173,"twoWeekLateMargin":3048,"primaryPlantingDate":"04-08","springFrost":"03-29","fallFrost":"11-10","fittingVarietyLabels":["Very early","Early","Mid-season"],"bestVarietyLabel":"Mid-season","varietyFitSentence":"In a typical year, very early to mid-season varieties are usually well matched to the local season.","mainRiskSentence":"The usual setbacks here come from management choices rather than from the season itself.","components":{"marginScore":72,"varietyScore":14,"frostScore":10,"delayScore":4}},"hardest":{"rank":428,"cityKey":"soldotna","cityName":"Soldotna","regionKey":"alaska","regionName":"Alaska","country":"usa","cropKey":"watermelons","cropName":"Watermelons","url":"/planting-dates/alaska/soldotna/watermelons/","score":6,"label":"Very difficult outdoors","tone":"Greenhouse or serious protection territory","reason":"Soldotna usually favors only the fastest watermelon approach. 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