Falls Church, VA 22205 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Falls Church, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 202 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Falls Church in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Falls Church before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Falls Church's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Falls Church compares
At roughly 202 frost-free days, Falls Church places 17,174 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 589 of 1,178.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Falls Church can differ from the 22205 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Falls Church's frost date answer different questions.