Rocky Mount, VA 24184 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Rocky Mount, VA?
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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Rocky Mount before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Rocky Mount places 21,998 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 901 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Rocky Mount's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Rocky Mount can differ from the 24184 normal.