Smithfield, VA 23397 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Smithfield, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/27, about 211 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 233 frost-free days later.
Smithfield 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Smithfield before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Smithfield's last frost
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Smithfield compares
Smithfield's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,879 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 98 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Smithfield's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Smithfield can differ from the 23397 normal.