White Stone, VA 23071 Frost Dates
White Stone, VA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 223 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts White Stone in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until White Stone's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
White Stone against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 223 frost-free days, White Stone places 12,138 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 232 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 23071's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in White Stone can differ from the 23071 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and White Stone's frost date answer different questions.