Bridgewater, VA 22843 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bridgewater, VA?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 191 frost-free days later.
Bridgewater 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Bridgewater before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 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 Bridgewater compares
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Bridgewater places 20,752 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 828 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Bridgewater's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Bridgewater's dates instead of trusting one.