FrostDateCheck

Ivor, VA 23866 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Ivor, VA?

Zone 7b

Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 210 frost-free days later.

Ivor 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

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Ivor before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Ivor compares

At roughly 210 frost-free days, Ivor places 15,112 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 434 of 1,178.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Ivor's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Ivor's dates instead of trusting one.