McKenney, VA 23833 Frost Dates
Frost dates for McKenney, VA, ZIP 23833
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 216 frost-free days later.
McKenney sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around McKenney 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 McKenney's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How McKenney compares
At roughly 216 frost-free days, McKenney places 13,888 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 327 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around McKenney's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in McKenney can differ from the 23833 normal.