Madison, VA 22719 Frost Dates
Madison, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Madison 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Madison's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 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.
Madison against the rest of the dataset
About 192 days separate Madison's last and first frost, putting it 20,577 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 796 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 22719's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Madison's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Madison's dates instead of trusting one.