Burkittsville, MD 21779 Frost Dates
Burkittsville, MD: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Burkittsville 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 7 weeks until Burkittsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Burkittsville's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Burkittsville against the rest of the dataset
About 175 days separate Burkittsville's last and first frost, putting it 27,276 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MD, it ranks 565 of 583.
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Before leaning on 21779's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Burkittsville can differ from the 21779 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Burkittsville's frost date answer different questions.