Stanardsville, VA 22723 Frost Dates
Stanardsville, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/17, about 232 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
Stanardsville sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Stanardsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
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 04/01 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.
Stanardsville against the rest of the dataset
Stanardsville's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,177 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 908 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 22723's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Stanardsville can differ from the 22723 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Stanardsville's frost date answer different questions.