Roanoke, VA 24031 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Roanoke, VA, ZIP 24031
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 210 frost-free days later.
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.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 210 frost-free days, Roanoke places 14,953 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 412 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Roanoke's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Roanoke's dates instead of trusting one.