Galena, MD 21645 Frost Dates
Galena, MD: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/03, about 218 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 217 days after the last spring frost.
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 Galena, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Galena'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
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Galena against the rest of the dataset
Galena's growing season runs about 217 days, ranking 13,598 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MD, it ranks 324 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21645's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Galena can differ from the 21645 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Galena's frost date answer different questions.