Port Tobacco Village, MD 20632 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Port Tobacco Village, MD, ZIP 20632
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 195 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Port Tobacco Village in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Port Tobacco Village 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.
Why 04/17 isn't a guarantee
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Port Tobacco Village compares
About 195 days separate Port Tobacco Village's last and first frost, putting it 19,403 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MD, it ranks 522 of 583.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Port Tobacco Village's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Port Tobacco Village's dates instead of trusting one.