Dillwyn, VA 23004 Frost Dates
23004, near Dillwyn, VA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/28, about 243 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 172 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 Dillwyn, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Dillwyn's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/28 isn't a guarantee
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dillwyn against the rest of the dataset
Dillwyn's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,453 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,123 of 1,178.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 23004: local microclimates, on what one yard in Dillwyn can differ from the 23004 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Dillwyn's frost date answer different questions.