Sykesville, MD 21133 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sykesville, MD?
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 220 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sykesville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Sykesville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sykesville's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sykesville compares
About 220 days separate Sykesville's last and first frost, putting it 12,802 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MD, it ranks 177 of 583.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Sykesville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Sykesville's dates instead of trusting one.