Floyd, VA 24380 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Floyd, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 185 frost-free days later.
Floyd 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Floyd before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Floyd's last frost
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Floyd compares
At roughly 185 frost-free days, Floyd places 23,294 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 947 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Floyd's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Floyd can differ from the 24380 normal.