Crisfield, MD 21890 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Crisfield, MD?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/03, about 218 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 217 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Crisfield, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Crisfield before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Crisfield's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Crisfield compares
Crisfield's growing season runs about 217 days, ranking 13,510 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MD, it ranks 308 of 583.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Crisfield's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Crisfield's dates instead of trusting one.