Stuart, VA 24082 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Stuart, VA, ZIP 24082
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stuart 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 Stuart 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 Stuart's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Stuart compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Stuart places 21,219 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 858 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Stuart can differ from the 24082 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Stuart's frost date answer different questions.