Fruitland, MD 21822 Frost Dates
Fruitland, MD: when does the frost end?
Around 04/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 218 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 217 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fruitland in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Fruitland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/03 isn't a guarantee
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fruitland against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 217 frost-free days, Fruitland places 13,458 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MD, it ranks 283 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21822's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Fruitland's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Fruitland can differ from the 21822 normal.