Ellendale, DE 19960 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ellendale, DE?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 200 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Ellendale, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Ellendale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ellendale's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ellendale compares
Ellendale's growing season runs about 200 days, ranking 17,875 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within DE, it ranks 94 of 96.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Ellendale can differ from the 19960 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Ellendale's frost date answer different questions.