Virginia Beach, VA 23461 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.
Virginia Beach sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 230 frost-free days, Virginia Beach places 10,288 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 111 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Virginia Beach's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Virginia Beach's dates instead of trusting one.