{"key":"long-growing-seasons-with-low-growing-degree-days","title":"Long Growing Seasons With Low Growing Degree Days","shortTitle":"Long Seasons, Lower Heat","slug":"long-growing-seasons-with-low-growing-degree-days","permalink":"/data/rankings/long-growing-seasons-with-low-growing-degree-days/","description":"Cities with long frost-free seasons but comparatively modest base 50°F growing degree day accumulation.","updated":"2026-06-13","category":"Data ranking","methodology":"Cities with at least 150 frost-free days are ranked by how much higher their frost-free-days percentile is than their base 50°F GDD percentile. The result highlights places where the outdoor calendar window is longer than the warm-crop heat budget suggests.","caveat":"Long seasons with lower GDD can still be excellent garden climates. The signal mainly warns that warm-season crops may need faster varieties, warmer sites, or realistic expectations even when frost dates look generous.","top":{"rank":1,"cityKey":"abbotsford","cityName":"Abbotsford","regionKey":"british-columbia","regionName":"British Columbia","regionAbbr":"BC","country":"canada","countryLabel":"Canada","lookupKey":"V2T","url":"/planting-dates/canada/british-columbia/abbotsford/","springFrost":"April 3","fallFrost":"November 7","frostFreeDays":218,"gddBase50":689,"gddBase45":1608,"gddBase40":2992,"seasonPercentile":96,"heatPercentile":5,"seasonHeatGap":91,"mismatchScore":91,"label":"Long season, cooler heat budget","mismatchType":"long-low-gdd","reason":"Abbotsford has a long frost-free window relative to its heat accumulation, so cool-summer crops may feel easier than long-season heat lovers."},"citiesCompared":428,"entries":[{"rank":1,"cityKey":"abbotsford","cityName":"Abbotsford","regionKey":"british-columbia","regionName":"British 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