New Castle, VA 24127 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Castle, VA, ZIP 24127
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 198 frost-free days later.
New Castle sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around New Castle 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.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Castle compares
At roughly 198 frost-free days, New Castle places 18,560 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 725 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and New Castle's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around New Castle's dates instead of trusting one.