Boyce, VA 22646 Frost Dates
22646, near Boyce, VA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/17, about 232 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 198 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Boyce in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Boyce's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/17 isn't a guarantee
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Boyce against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 198 frost-free days, Boyce places 18,473 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 708 of 1,178.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 22646: local microclimates, on what one yard in Boyce can differ from the 22646 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Boyce's frost date answer different questions.