Pembroke, VA 24136 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pembroke, VA, ZIP 24136
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 171 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pembroke in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Pembroke has about 7 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
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pembroke compares
At roughly 171 frost-free days, Pembroke places 28,723 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,141 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Pembroke's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pembroke's dates instead of trusting one.