Cecilton, MD 21912 Frost Dates
Cecilton, MD: when does the frost end?
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cecilton 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 9 weeks until Cecilton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Cecilton's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cecilton against the rest of the dataset
Cecilton's growing season runs about 209 days, ranking 15,362 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MD, it ranks 349 of 583.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21912's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Cecilton can differ from the 21912 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Cecilton's frost date answer different questions.