Middleburg, VA 20117 Frost Dates
Middleburg, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/17, about 232 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 198 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Middleburg in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Middleburg's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Middleburg's last frost
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Middleburg against the rest of the dataset
Middleburg's growing season runs about 198 days, ranking 18,499 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 709 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 20117's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Middleburg can differ from the 20117 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Middleburg's frost date answer different questions.