Newport News, VA 23609 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Newport News, VA, ZIP 23609
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 221 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Newport News, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a 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
At roughly 221 frost-free days, Newport News places 12,432 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 261 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Newport News's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Newport News can differ from the 23609 normal.