Home Depot Seasonal Clearance Calendar: Month by Month

How Home Depot seasonal clearance works

Home Depot seasonal clearance is simple in concept: when a season ends, the store needs the floor space for the next one. Leftover seasonal items get marked down, sometimes in several steps, until they sell or get pulled.

What isn't simple is the timing. Home Depot doesn't publish a clearance calendar, and there's no national markdown day. Each store handles its own markdowns, so the store across town can be a week or more ahead of yours.

This calendar is a rough guide based on how seasons usually turn over and what shoppers commonly report. Use it to know what to watch for each month, not as a list of guaranteed dates. For the basics of how markdowns work, see our Home Depot clearance guide.

The month-by-month calendar

Treat every row as "often" or "commonly reported." Weather, region, and store size all shift the timing.

Winter: the biggest seasonal clearance window

January

After Christmas is the most talked-about seasonal clearance period. Shoppers commonly report holiday decor starting around 50% off, moving to about 75%, and sometimes approaching 90% off into January. Inflatables, light sets, artificial trees, and decor are the main categories.

Selection shrinks fast once the deeper markdowns hit. Our Home Depot Christmas clearance guide covers what to expect week by week.

February and March

Winter gear like snow shovels, ice melt, and space heaters depends a lot on where you live. In warmer regions, winter items can hit clearance early. In snowy regions, stores may keep them full price until the weather breaks.

Spring: model changes and garden leftovers

April and May

Spring is when Home Depot sells the most outdoor and garden products, so true seasonal clearance is thinner. The deals you do see are often older models making way for new ones: last year's mowers, trimmers, or grills, plus outdoor decor that didn't sell.

June

Live plants past their prime can be marked down quickly. Garden decor and early summer items may start trickling into clearance areas.

Summer: outdoor and patio clearance

July and August

As summer winds down, stores start making room for fall and holiday products. Patio furniture, grills, outdoor lighting, and summer accessories are commonly reported to hit clearance in late summer.

Small outdoor items can fall a long way. In our Houston-area scans in October 2026, a 17 oz. Matte Black Citronella Candle showed at $0.90 (was $8.97), an Adjustable Flame 6 in. Stone Table Torch at $1.95 (was $12.97), and a Flint Spark Lighter 5-pack at $0.90 (was $9.65). Those are clearance prices seen at one store at one time, but they show how deep leftover outdoor items can go.

September

Fans, portable cooling, and the last summer stock are often cleared as Halloween and fall setups take over.

Fall: Halloween and harvest decor

October

Halloween decor is usually full price for most of October since it's still selling. Late summer leftovers may still be sitting in clearance areas or the garden center.

November

Halloween items are often marked down soon after October 31, and fall harvest decor follows later in the month. Stores move quickly here because holiday products need the space.

December

Thanksgiving and fall decor leftovers get cleared. Some holiday items may see early markdowns, but the big Christmas markdowns usually start after the 25th.

How markdowns usually progress

Seasonal items rarely go straight to their lowest price. They commonly move through a few steps. Each step usually means a new yellow clearance tag with a lower price, a "was" price, and a date. Our guide to reading a Home Depot yellow clearance tag explains each part.

Many shoppers also watch price endings for hints about where an item sits in its markdown cycle. Treat endings as a weak signal at best. Our post on Home Depot price endings explains why the popular .00 / .06 / .03 / .02 ladder often doesn't hold up.

When an item finishes its markdowns without selling, it may be set to $0.01 in the system. Employees widely report that's a signal to pull it. Missed units can sometimes still ring up at a penny, though stores can refuse to sell them. For more, see our Home Depot penny items guide.

Tips for timing your trips

• Go early in the window. Best selection, smaller discount.
• Go late in the window. Deeper discount, fewer items left.
• Check more than one store. Markdowns are handled store by store, so nearby stores can be at different stages.
• Don't trust the shelf tag alone. Tags often lag the system. Scan the item's UPC in the app with your store set.

Our best day and time to shop Home Depot clearance post goes deeper on weekly timing.

Let the prices tell you when

Since there's no fixed calendar, the most reliable signal is the actual price at your stores. PennyLoot checks clearance prices at the Home Depot stores near your ZIP and re-checks them weekly, so you can see when seasonal items at a nearby store start dropping without walking every aisle. Prices and stock change fast, so confirm in store. You can check clearance near your ZIP for free, or read how to find Home Depot clearance near you with other methods too.

Seasonal clearance checklist

• Note which season just ended in your area
• Visit the seasonal area and clearance corrals first
• Scan the product's UPC, not the shelf tag
• Compare the same item at two or three nearby stores
• Decide your price limit before you go
• Come back in a week or two if the discount isn't deep enough yet
• Remember that popular items may sell out before the deepest markdown