Pamplin City, VA 23960 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pamplin City, VA, ZIP 23960
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 206 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pamplin City 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 Pamplin City 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 Pamplin City's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 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 Pamplin City compares
Pamplin City's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 16,142 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 504 of 1,178.
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local microclimates explains what one yard in Pamplin City can differ from the 23960 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Pamplin City's frost date answer different questions.