Waynesboro, VA 22943 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Waynesboro, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 184 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Waynesboro, not a forecast for this year.
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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waynesboro compares
About 184 days separate Waynesboro's last and first frost, putting it 23,438 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 950 of 1,178.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Waynesboro can differ from the 22943 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Waynesboro's frost date answer different questions.