Painter, VA 23420 Frost Dates
Painter, VA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. 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 Painter 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
With roughly 10 weeks until Painter'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
04/04 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.
Painter against the rest of the dataset
Painter's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,902 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 331 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 23420's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Painter's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Painter can differ from the 23420 normal.