Wakefield, VA 23888 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wakefield, VA?
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.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Wakefield, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Wakefield before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/06 isn't a guarantee
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 Wakefield compares
At roughly 210 frost-free days, Wakefield places 15,075 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 432 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Wakefield can differ from the 23888 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Wakefield's frost date answer different questions.