West Point, VA 23190 Frost Dates
When can you plant in West Point, VA?
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts West Point in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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
04/06 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 15,613 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 465 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 23190 normal.