Hampton, VA 23666 Frost Dates
Hampton, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 238 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Hampton, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Hampton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hampton against the rest of the dataset
Hampton's growing season runs about 238 days, ranking 8,923 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 78 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 23666's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Hampton can differ from the 23666 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Hampton's frost date answer different questions.