Keysville, VA 23947 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Keysville, VA, ZIP 23947
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.
Keysville 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
Zone 7b around Keysville 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.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
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 Keysville compares
Keysville's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 16,074 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 496 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Keysville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Keysville's dates instead of trusting one.