Staunton, VA 24421 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Staunton, VA, ZIP 24421
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 191 frost-free days later.
Staunton 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
Zone 7a around Staunton 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Staunton compares
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Staunton places 20,708 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 817 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Staunton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Staunton can differ from the 24421 normal.