Gate City, VA 24251 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gate City, VA, ZIP 24251
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 203 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gate City in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Gate City has about 9 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 Gate City's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gate City compares
Gate City's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 16,939 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 563 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Gate City's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Gate City's dates instead of trusting one.