Saltville, VA 24316 Frost Dates
Saltville, VA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 178 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Saltville, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Saltville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Saltville against the rest of the dataset
Saltville's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,766 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,044 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24316's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Saltville can differ from the 24316 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Saltville's frost date answer different questions.