Woodsboro, MD 21798 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Woodsboro, MD?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.
Woodsboro sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Woodsboro before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodsboro compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Woodsboro places 25,397 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MD, it ranks 554 of 583.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Woodsboro can differ from the 21798 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Woodsboro's frost date answer different questions.