Independence, VA 24326 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Independence, VA, ZIP 24326
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 171 frost-free days later.
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 Independence, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Independence has about 7 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 Independence's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Independence compares
At roughly 171 frost-free days, Independence places 28,731 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,143 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Independence can differ from the 24326 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Independence's frost date answer different questions.