Scottsville, VA 22971 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Scottsville, VA, ZIP 22971
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 193 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Scottsville in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Scottsville 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.
The actual range around Scottsville's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Scottsville compares
About 193 days separate Scottsville's last and first frost, putting it 20,044 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 783 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Scottsville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Scottsville's dates instead of trusting one.