Gordonsville, VA 22972 Frost Dates
Gordonsville, VA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 232 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Gordonsville, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Gordonsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/17 isn't a guarantee
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gordonsville against the rest of the dataset
Gordonsville's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,090 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 903 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 22972's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Gordonsville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Gordonsville can differ from the 22972 normal.