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Crewe, VA 23930 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Crewe, VA?

Zone 7b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 206 frost-free days later.

Crewe 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 Crewe before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Crewe's last frost

04/08 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. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Crewe compares

About 206 days separate Crewe's last and first frost, putting it 16,027 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 485 of 1,178.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Crewe's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Crewe can differ from the 23930 normal.