Painter, VA 23423 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Painter, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 216 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Painter, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Painter before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Painter'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 Painter compares
Painter's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,903 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 332 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Painter can differ from the 23423 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Painter's frost date answer different questions.