Newport News, VA 23601 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Newport News, VA, ZIP 23601
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 221 frost-free days later.
Newport News 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 Newport News has about 10 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 Newport News's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Newport News compares
About 221 days separate Newport News's last and first frost, putting it 12,426 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 255 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Newport News's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Newport News's dates instead of trusting one.