Elkton, VA 22840 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elkton, VA, ZIP 22840
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 182 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Elkton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Elkton 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.
The actual range around Elkton's last frost
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elkton compares
Elkton's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,167 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 989 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Elkton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Elkton can differ from the 22840 normal.