Norfolk, VA 23504 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Norfolk, VA, ZIP 23504
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 239 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Norfolk in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Norfolk 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 Norfolk's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Norfolk compares
At roughly 239 frost-free days, Norfolk places 8,737 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 55 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Norfolk can differ from the 23504 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Norfolk's frost date answer different questions.