Middleburg, VA 20185 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Middleburg, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 198 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Middleburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Middleburg's last frost
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Middleburg compares
About 198 days separate Middleburg's last and first frost, putting it 18,502 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 712 of 1,178.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Middleburg can differ from the 20185 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Middleburg's frost date answer different questions.