West Point, VA 23086 Frost Dates
When can you plant in West Point, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 209 frost-free days later.
West Point sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in West Point before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around West Point's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Point compares
At roughly 209 frost-free days, West Point places 15,237 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 444 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around West Point's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in West Point can differ from the 23086 normal.