Emporia, VA 23870 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Emporia, VA, ZIP 23870
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 221 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Emporia in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Emporia 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 Emporia's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 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 Emporia compares
About 221 days separate Emporia's last and first frost, putting it 12,496 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 277 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Emporia's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Emporia can differ from the 23870 normal.