Pulaski, VA 24313 Frost Dates
24313, near Pulaski, VA: the frost window
Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Pulaski, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Pulaski's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pulaski against the rest of the dataset
Pulaski's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 26,840 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,061 of 1,178.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 24313: local microclimates, on what one yard in Pulaski can differ from the 24313 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Pulaski's frost date answer different questions.