New Market, MD 21754 Frost Dates
New Market, MD: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 196 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New Market in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 9 weeks until New Market'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
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Market against the rest of the dataset
New Market's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 19,014 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MD, it ranks 490 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21754's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and New Market's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around New Market's dates instead of trusting one.