Iron Gate, VA 24422 Frost Dates
Iron Gate, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 172 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Iron Gate 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 7 weeks until Iron Gate'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
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Iron Gate against the rest of the dataset
Iron Gate's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,480 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,128 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24422's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Iron Gate's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Iron Gate can differ from the 24422 normal.