Washington, VA 22746 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Washington, VA, ZIP 22746
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 192 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Washington 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 Washington has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Washington compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Washington places 20,596 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 803 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Washington's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Washington's dates instead of trusting one.