Vinton, VA 24178 Frost Dates
Vinton, VA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 198 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Vinton in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Vinton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Vinton's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Vinton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 198 frost-free days, Vinton places 18,418 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 704 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24178's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Vinton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Vinton's dates instead of trusting one.