Luray, VA 22650 Frost Dates
22650, near Luray, VA: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Luray 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
Luray's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Luray against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Luray places 25,290 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,029 of 1,178.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 22650: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Luray's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Luray's dates instead of trusting one.