Stony Creek, VA 23884 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Stony Creek, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 203 frost-free days later.
Stony Creek 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 Stony Creek 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
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Stony Creek compares
At roughly 203 frost-free days, Stony Creek places 17,050 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 574 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Stony Creek's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Stony Creek can differ from the 23884 normal.