Church Creek, MD 21648 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Church Creek, MD?
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 230 frost-free days later.
Church Creek sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Church Creek before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Church Creek's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Church Creek compares
Church Creek's growing season runs about 230 days, ranking 10,490 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MD, it ranks 83 of 583.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Church Creek's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Church Creek's dates instead of trusting one.