Boyce, VA 22663 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Boyce, VA, ZIP 22663
Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 174 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Boyce has about 7 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 Boyce's last frost
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Boyce compares
About 174 days separate Boyce's last and first frost, putting it 27,564 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 1,101 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Boyce's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Boyce can differ from the 22663 normal.