Milford, DE 19963 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Milford, DE, ZIP 19963
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 Milford, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Milford has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Milford'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 Milford compares
About 200 days separate Milford's last and first frost, putting it 17,739 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within DE, it ranks 88 of 96.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Milford's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Milford's dates instead of trusting one.