Woodsboro, MD 21775 Frost Dates
Woodsboro, MD: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Woodsboro, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 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
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Woodsboro against the rest of the dataset
Woodsboro's growing season runs about 179 days, ranking 25,396 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MD, it ranks 553 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21775's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodsboro can differ from the 21775 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Woodsboro's frost date answer different questions.