Virginia Beach, VA 23467 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Virginia Beach, VA, ZIP 23467
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 230 frost-free days later.
Virginia Beach sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Zone 8a around Virginia Beach has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
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 10,290 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 113 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Virginia Beach can differ from the 23467 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Virginia Beach's frost date answer different questions.