Haymarket, VA 20137 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Haymarket, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 194 frost-free days later.
Haymarket sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Haymarket before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Haymarket compares
About 194 days separate Haymarket's last and first frost, putting it 19,511 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 768 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Haymarket's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Haymarket can differ from the 20137 normal.