Phenix, VA 23962 Frost Dates
Phenix, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 201 days after the last spring frost.
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 Phenix, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Phenix's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/10 isn't a guarantee
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Phenix against the rest of the dataset
About 201 days separate Phenix's last and first frost, putting it 17,662 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 633 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 23962's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Phenix's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Phenix can differ from the 23962 normal.