Alexandria, VA 22314 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Alexandria, VA, ZIP 22314
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 241 frost-free days later.
Alexandria sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Zone 8a around Alexandria has about 12 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Alexandria compares
About 241 days separate Alexandria's last and first frost, putting it 8,491 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 36 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Alexandria's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Alexandria's dates instead of trusting one.