Frost dates by ZIP code: The nearest NOAA stations to your ZIP, 1991-2020 normals
Enter a five-digit ZIP code. PlainClimate finds its center (Census Bureau 2024) and the five nearest NOAA stations with frost dates, and shows each station's last spring and first autumn 32°F dates with its distance and elevation.
Frost dates near ZIP 21804
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts ZIP 21804 in zone 7b (the coldest night of a typical year: 5 to 10°F).
The nearest station, Salisbury, MD, is 2 miles from the ZIP's center: its last spring frost comes after April 10 in half of years and after April 30 in one year in ten. By the USDA's method its plant hardiness zone is 7b.
| Station | Distance | Elevation | Last frost (median) | 1 in 10 after | First frost (median) | Hardiness zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury, MDSalisbury-Wicomico Regional Airport | 2 mi | 48 ft | April 10 | April 30 | October 30 | 7b |
| Salisbury station, MD | 5 mi | 10 ft | April 3 | April 25 | November 7 | 8a |
| Salisbury (2 mi N), MD | 7 mi | 20 ft | April 2 | April 16 | November 10 | – |
| Snow Hill, MD4 mi N | 10 mi | 30 ft | April 10 | April 28 | October 31 | 7b |
| Vienna, MD | 20 mi | 10 ft | April 8 | April 23 | November 4 | – |
Frost comes later in spring at higher and colder stations and earlier in low, open ground: prefer a station at a similar elevation to yours. Hardiness zone in the table: the USDA's rule (the average of each year's coldest night, 1991-2020) applied to the station's own record.
Every frost threshold at Salisbury
NOAA publishes the dates for several temperatures and odds. A 30% spring date means a 3-in-10 chance of a later frost (the convention almanacs use); 50% is the median; 10% the cautious date.
| Threshold | Spring, 10% | Spring, 30% | Spring, 50% | Spring, 90% | Autumn, 50% | Autumn, 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F (light frost) | May 13 | May 2 | April 26 | April 9 | October 20 | October 7 |
| 32°F | April 30 | April 17 | April 10 | March 28 | October 30 | October 15 |
| 28°F (hard freeze) | April 13 | April 4 | March 30 | March 13 | November 9 | October 27 |
| 24°F | April 1 | March 22 | March 16 | February 26 | November 25 | November 7 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals; ZIP centers: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. Autumn 10%: one year in ten has its first frost before this date.