Norfolk, VA 23513 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Norfolk, VA, ZIP 23513
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 239 frost-free days later.
Norfolk 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
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
Norfolk's growing season runs about 239 days, ranking 8,739 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 57 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Norfolk's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Norfolk can differ from the 23513 normal.