Laurel, MD 21076 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Laurel, MD, ZIP 21076
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 204 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Laurel, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Laurel 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
04/10 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. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Laurel compares
About 204 days separate Laurel's last and first frost, putting it 16,510 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MD, it ranks 369 of 583.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Laurel's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Laurel can differ from the 21076 normal.