Branchville, VA 23828 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Branchville, VA, ZIP 23828
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 208 frost-free days later.
Branchville sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Branchville has about 9 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.
Why 04/06 isn't a guarantee
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Branchville compares
About 208 days separate Branchville's last and first frost, putting it 15,774 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 479 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Branchville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Branchville can differ from the 23828 normal.