Stony Creek, VA 23891 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Stony Creek, VA, ZIP 23891
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 203 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stony Creek 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 Stony Creek 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.
The actual range around Stony Creek's last frost
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
About 203 days separate Stony Creek's last and first frost, putting it 17,051 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 575 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Stony Creek can differ from the 23891 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Stony Creek's frost date answer different questions.