Kilmarnock, VA 22456 Frost Dates
Kilmarnock, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/30, roughly 214 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 229 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kilmarnock in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 11 weeks until Kilmarnock'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
03/30 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 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kilmarnock against the rest of the dataset
Kilmarnock's growing season runs about 229 days, ranking 10,616 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 120 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 22456's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Kilmarnock's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Kilmarnock's dates instead of trusting one.