Ashland, VA 23106 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ashland, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 209 frost-free days later.
Ashland 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 Ashland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ashland'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 Ashland compares
At roughly 209 frost-free days, Ashland places 15,183 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 442 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Ashland can differ from the 23106 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Ashland's frost date answer different questions.