Sykesville, MD 21042 Frost Dates
Sykesville, 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 10/31, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
Sykesville 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Sykesville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sykesville against the rest of the dataset
Sykesville's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,585 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MD, it ranks 374 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21042's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Sykesville can differ from the 21042 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Sykesville's frost date answer different questions.