Bowling Green, VA 22546 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bowling Green, VA, ZIP 22546
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 201 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bowling Green 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
Zone 7b around Bowling Green has about 9 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.
The actual range around Bowling Green's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bowling Green compares
Bowling Green's growing season runs about 201 days, ranking 17,571 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 626 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Bowling Green's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bowling Green's dates instead of trusting one.