Virginia Beach, VA 23454 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Virginia Beach, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/29, roughly 213 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 230 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Virginia Beach, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Virginia Beach before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Virginia Beach's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Virginia Beach compares
About 230 days separate Virginia Beach's last and first frost, putting it 10,284 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 107 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Virginia Beach's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Virginia Beach can differ from the 23454 normal.