Dayton, VA 22821 Frost Dates
Dayton, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 182 days after the last spring frost.
Dayton 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 Dayton'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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dayton against the rest of the dataset
Dayton's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,189 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 992 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 22821's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Dayton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Dayton's dates instead of trusting one.