Stanley, VA 22851 Frost Dates
Stanley, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
Stanley 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 Stanley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Stanley's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stanley against the rest of the dataset
Stanley's growing season runs about 179 days, ranking 25,361 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,032 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 22851's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Stanley can differ from the 22851 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Stanley's frost date answer different questions.