Accomac, VA 23301 Frost Dates
23301, near Accomac, VA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 216 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Accomac in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Accomac's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Accomac against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 216 frost-free days, Accomac places 13,883 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 324 of 1,178.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 23301: local microclimates, on what one yard in Accomac can differ from the 23301 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Accomac's frost date answer different questions.