Woodsboro, MD 21762 Frost Dates
Woodsboro, MD: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 218 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodsboro 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 10 weeks until Woodsboro'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
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Woodsboro against the rest of the dataset
Woodsboro's growing season runs about 218 days, ranking 13,305 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MD, it ranks 264 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21762's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Woodsboro's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Woodsboro's dates instead of trusting one.