Virginia Beach, VA 23464 Frost Dates
Virginia Beach, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/23, about 207 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 239 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Virginia Beach in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Virginia Beach's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Virginia Beach's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Virginia Beach against the rest of the dataset
Virginia Beach's growing season runs about 239 days, ranking 8,729 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 47 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 23464's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Virginia Beach's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Virginia Beach can differ from the 23464 normal.