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Craigsville, VA 24411 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Craigsville, VA, ZIP 24411

Zone 7a

Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 191 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 Craigsville, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 7a around Craigsville has about 9 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 Craigsville's last frost

04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Craigsville compares

Craigsville's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,839 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 836 of 1,178.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Craigsville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Craigsville can differ from the 24411 normal.