Brookeville, MD 20861 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Brookeville, MD?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 218 frost-free days later.
Brookeville 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Brookeville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brookeville compares
About 218 days separate Brookeville's last and first frost, putting it 13,345 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MD, it ranks 266 of 583.
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