Morningside, MD 20725 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Morningside, MD?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 203 frost-free days later.
Morningside 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Morningside before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee
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. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Morningside compares
At roughly 203 frost-free days, Morningside places 16,963 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MD, it ranks 391 of 583.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Morningside's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Morningside can differ from the 20725 normal.