Charlottesville, VA 22901 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Charlottesville, VA, ZIP 22901
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 222 frost-free days later.
Charlottesville sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Zone 7b around Charlottesville has about 11 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 Charlottesville's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Charlottesville compares
Charlottesville's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,194 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 239 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Charlottesville can differ from the 22901 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Charlottesville's frost date answer different questions.