Takoma Park, MD 20787 Frost Dates
Takoma Park, MD: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. 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
At roughly 202 frost-free days, Takoma Park places 17,155 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MD, it ranks 420 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 20787's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Takoma Park's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Takoma Park can differ from the 20787 normal.