West Point, VA 23181 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West Point, VA, ZIP 23181
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 208 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 West Point, not a forecast for this year.
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.
The actual range around West Point's last frost
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
West Point's growing season runs about 208 days, ranking 15,612 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 464 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in West Point can differ from the 23181 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and West Point's frost date answer different questions.