West Point, VA 23156 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West Point, VA, ZIP 23156
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 208 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
Zone 7b around West Point has about 9 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
04/06 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. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Point compares
At roughly 208 frost-free days, West Point places 15,611 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 463 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and West Point's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around West Point's dates instead of trusting one.