Scottsville, VA 23055 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Scottsville, VA, ZIP 23055
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 180 frost-free days later.
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 Scottsville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Scottsville compares
Scottsville's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 25,011 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,019 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Scottsville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Scottsville can differ from the 23055 normal.