Remington, VA 22712 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Remington, VA, ZIP 22712
Around 03/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 212 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 226 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Remington, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Remington has about 10 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 Remington's last frost
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Remington compares
About 226 days separate Remington's last and first frost, putting it 11,254 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 150 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Remington can differ from the 22712 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Remington's frost date answer different questions.