Pembroke, VA 24150 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pembroke, VA, ZIP 24150
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. 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 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b 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.
The actual range around Pembroke's last frost
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 28,724 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,142 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Pembroke can differ from the 24150 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Pembroke's frost date answer different questions.