Rocky Mount, VA 24137 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rocky Mount, VA, ZIP 24137
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 188 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Rocky Mount, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Rocky Mount has about 8 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 04/20 isn't a guarantee
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rocky Mount compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Rocky Mount places 21,994 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 897 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Rocky Mount's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Rocky Mount can differ from the 24137 normal.