Takoma Park, MD 20012 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Takoma Park, MD, ZIP 20012
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 202 frost-free days later.
Takoma Park sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Takoma Park 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 Takoma Park's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Takoma Park compares
At roughly 202 frost-free days, Takoma Park places 17,153 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MD, it ranks 418 of 583.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Takoma Park's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Takoma Park can differ from the 20012 normal.