Snow Hill, MD 21863 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Snow Hill, MD?
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 202 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Snow Hill in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Snow Hill before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Snow Hill's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Snow Hill compares
At roughly 202 frost-free days, Snow Hill places 17,258 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MD, it ranks 428 of 583.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Snow Hill's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Snow Hill's dates instead of trusting one.