Iron Gate, VA 24085 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Iron Gate, VA, ZIP 24085
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 205 frost-free days later.
Iron Gate sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Iron Gate 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 Iron Gate's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Iron Gate compares
At roughly 205 frost-free days, Iron Gate places 16,400 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 518 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Iron Gate can differ from the 24085 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Iron Gate's frost date answer different questions.