Orange, VA 22960 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Orange, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 204 frost-free days later.
Orange 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Orange before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Orange compares
About 204 days separate Orange's last and first frost, putting it 16,578 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 533 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Orange's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Orange can differ from the 22960 normal.