Takoma Park, MD 20783 Frost Dates
Takoma Park, MD: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 202 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Takoma Park in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Takoma Park's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/10 isn't a guarantee
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Takoma Park against the rest of the dataset
About 202 days separate Takoma Park's last and first frost, putting it 17,154 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MD, it ranks 419 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 20783's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Takoma Park's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Takoma Park's dates instead of trusting one.