Camden, DE 19934 Frost Dates
19934, near Camden, DE: the frost window
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 214 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Camden in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Camden's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Camden against the rest of the dataset
About 214 days separate Camden's last and first frost, putting it 14,252 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within DE, it ranks 18 of 96.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 19934: local microclimates, on what one yard in Camden can differ from the 19934 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Camden's frost date answer different questions.