Claremont, VA 23881 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Claremont, VA, ZIP 23881
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 206 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Claremont 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 Claremont has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Claremont compares
About 206 days separate Claremont's last and first frost, putting it 16,124 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 501 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Claremont can differ from the 23881 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Claremont's frost date answer different questions.