Somerset, MD 20016 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Somerset, MD?
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.
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 Somerset, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Somerset before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Somerset compares
About 202 days separate Somerset's last and first frost, putting it 17,278 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MD, it ranks 432 of 583.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Somerset's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Somerset can differ from the 20016 normal.