Tappahannock, VA 22560 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tappahannock, VA, ZIP 22560
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 204 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Tappahannock, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Tappahannock 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 Tappahannock's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tappahannock compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Tappahannock places 16,629 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 538 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Tappahannock can differ from the 22560 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Tappahannock's frost date answer different questions.