Waynesboro, VA 22932 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Waynesboro, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 186 frost-free days later.
Waynesboro 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Waynesboro before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Waynesboro's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waynesboro compares
At roughly 186 frost-free days, Waynesboro places 22,724 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 923 of 1,178.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Waynesboro can differ from the 22932 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Waynesboro's frost date answer different questions.