Newport News, VA 23612 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Newport News, VA, ZIP 23612
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newport News in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 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 12,433 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 262 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Newport News can differ from the 23612 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Newport News's frost date answer different questions.