Roanoke, VA 24008 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Roanoke, VA, ZIP 24008
Around 04/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 218 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 210 frost-free days later.
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 Roanoke, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Roanoke 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 Roanoke's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Roanoke compares
About 210 days separate Roanoke's last and first frost, putting it 14,936 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 395 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Roanoke can differ from the 24008 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Roanoke's frost date answer different questions.