Cheriton, VA 23429 Frost Dates
Cheriton, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/17, roughly 234 days after the last spring frost.
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 Cheriton, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Cheriton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/28 isn't a guarantee
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cheriton against the rest of the dataset
About 234 days separate Cheriton's last and first frost, putting it 9,805 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 91 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 23429's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Cheriton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Cheriton can differ from the 23429 normal.