Bowling Green, VA 22565 Frost Dates
Bowling Green, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 201 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Bowling Green's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/10 isn't a guarantee
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bowling Green against the rest of the dataset
Bowling Green's growing season runs about 201 days, ranking 17,572 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 627 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 22565's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Bowling Green's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Bowling Green can differ from the 22565 normal.