Quantico, VA 22134 Frost Dates
Quantico, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/28, roughly 212 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 226 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Quantico 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 10 weeks until Quantico's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Quantico against the rest of the dataset
Quantico's growing season runs about 226 days, ranking 11,264 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 156 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 22134's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Quantico can differ from the 22134 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Quantico's frost date answer different questions.