Roanoke, VA 24012 Frost Dates
Roanoke, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/03, about 218 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 210 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Roanoke in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Roanoke's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Roanoke's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Roanoke against the rest of the dataset
Roanoke's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 14,939 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 398 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24012's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Roanoke can differ from the 24012 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Roanoke's frost date answer different questions.