Buena Vista, VA 24416 Frost Dates
Buena Vista, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 181 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Buena Vista in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Buena Vista's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Buena Vista against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Buena Vista places 24,498 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,002 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24416's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Buena Vista can differ from the 24416 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Buena Vista's frost date answer different questions.