McKenney, VA 23841 Frost Dates
McKenney, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 McKenney, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until McKenney's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
McKenney against the rest of the dataset
About 203 days separate McKenney's last and first frost, putting it 17,025 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 568 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 23841's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and McKenney's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around McKenney's dates instead of trusting one.