Hopewell, VA 23860 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hopewell, VA, ZIP 23860
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 222 frost-free days later.
Hopewell 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 Hopewell 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 Hopewell's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hopewell compares
Hopewell's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,217 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 249 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Hopewell's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Hopewell's dates instead of trusting one.