Church Creek, MD 21677 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Church Creek, MD, ZIP 21677
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 220 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
Zone 8a around Church Creek has about 10 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.
The actual range around Church Creek's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Church Creek compares
At roughly 220 frost-free days, Church Creek places 12,910 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MD, it ranks 196 of 583.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Church Creek's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Church Creek can differ from the 21677 normal.