Troutdale, VA 24375 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Troutdale, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/25, about 240 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 174 frost-free days later.
Troutdale sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Troutdale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Troutdale's last frost
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Troutdale compares
At roughly 174 frost-free days, Troutdale places 27,649 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,102 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Troutdale's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Troutdale's dates instead of trusting one.