Rocky Mount, VA 24151 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rocky Mount, VA, ZIP 24151
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 188 frost-free days later.
Rocky Mount 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 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.
The actual range around Rocky Mount's last frost
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
Rocky Mount's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 21,996 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 899 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Rocky Mount's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Rocky Mount's dates instead of trusting one.