Charlottesville, VA 22945 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Charlottesville, VA, ZIP 22945
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.
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 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Charlottesville compares
About 186 days separate Charlottesville's last and first frost, putting it 22,710 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 920 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Charlottesville can differ from the 22945 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Charlottesville's frost date answer different questions.