Gretna, VA 24161 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gretna, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 183 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 Gretna, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Gretna before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gretna compares
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Gretna places 23,906 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 960 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Gretna's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Gretna can differ from the 24161 normal.