White Stone, VA 23043 Frost Dates
When can you plant in White Stone, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 223 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 White Stone, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in White Stone before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around White Stone's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How White Stone compares
About 223 days separate White Stone's last and first frost, putting it 12,131 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 225 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around White Stone's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in White Stone can differ from the 23043 normal.