Richmond, VA 23241 Frost Dates
Richmond, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/03, about 218 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 215 days after the last spring frost.
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 Richmond, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Richmond's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Richmond against the rest of the dataset
About 215 days separate Richmond's last and first frost, putting it 13,967 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 358 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 23241's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Richmond can differ from the 23241 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Richmond's frost date answer different questions.