Monterey, VA 24413 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Monterey, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/09, roughly 254 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 149 frost-free days later.
Monterey sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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 5 weeks of growing season left in Monterey before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Monterey's last frost
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Monterey compares
About 149 days separate Monterey's last and first frost, putting it 35,586 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 1,172 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Monterey's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Monterey can differ from the 24413 normal.