Church Creek, MD 21634 Frost Dates
Church Creek, MD: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/29, roughly 213 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 230 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Church Creek in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 11 weeks until Church Creek's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/29 isn't a guarantee
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Church Creek against the rest of the dataset
About 230 days separate Church Creek's last and first frost, putting it 10,489 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MD, it ranks 82 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21634's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Church Creek's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Church Creek's dates instead of trusting one.