Belle Haven, VA 23306 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Belle Haven, VA, ZIP 23306
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 216 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Belle Haven 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
Zone 8a around Belle Haven has about 10 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 Belle Haven's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Belle Haven compares
About 216 days separate Belle Haven's last and first frost, putting it 13,879 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 320 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Belle Haven's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Belle Haven's dates instead of trusting one.