St. Paul, VA 24272 Frost Dates
When can you plant in St. Paul, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 200 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts St. Paul 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in St. Paul before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around St. Paul's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How St. Paul compares
At roughly 200 frost-free days, St. Paul places 17,861 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 644 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and St. Paul's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around St. Paul's dates instead of trusting one.