Fredericksburg, VA 22555 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fredericksburg, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 226 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fredericksburg 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Fredericksburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fredericksburg's last frost
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fredericksburg compares
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Fredericksburg places 11,154 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 136 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Fredericksburg's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Fredericksburg's dates instead of trusting one.