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North Beach, MD 20758 Frost Dates

Frost dates for North Beach, MD, ZIP 20758

Zone 7b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 203 frost-free days later.

North Beach 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 North Beach 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.

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. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How North Beach compares

About 203 days separate North Beach's last and first frost, putting it 16,936 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MD, it ranks 381 of 583.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around North Beach's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in North Beach can differ from the 20758 normal.