Keller, VA 23358 Frost Dates
Keller, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 216 days after the last spring frost.
Keller sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Keller's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Keller's last frost
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.
Keller against the rest of the dataset
Keller's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,926 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 334 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 23358's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Keller's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Keller's dates instead of trusting one.