Surry, VA 23883 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Surry, VA, ZIP 23883
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 225 frost-free days later.
Surry sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Surry has about 11 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.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/15 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 Surry compares
Surry's growing season runs about 225 days, ranking 11,483 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 186 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Surry's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Surry's dates instead of trusting one.