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Timberville, VA 22811 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Timberville, VA, ZIP 22811

Zone 6b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Timberville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Timberville has about 8 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.

Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee

04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 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 Timberville compares

Timberville's growing season runs about 179 days, ranking 25,307 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,031 of 1,178.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Timberville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Timberville's dates instead of trusting one.