Tangier, VA 23440 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tangier, VA?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. 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 Tangier, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Tangier before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
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 Tangier compares
At roughly 216 frost-free days, Tangier places 13,891 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 329 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Tangier's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Tangier's dates instead of trusting one.