Urbanna, VA 23092 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Urbanna, VA, ZIP 23092
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 Urbanna, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Urbanna has about 11 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.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
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 Urbanna compares
At roughly 223 frost-free days, Urbanna places 12,115 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 216 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Urbanna's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Urbanna can differ from the 23092 normal.