Covington, VA 24426 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Covington, VA, ZIP 24426
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 172 frost-free days later.
Covington 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 Covington has about 7 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.
Why 04/27 isn't a guarantee
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Covington compares
About 172 days separate Covington's last and first frost, putting it 28,267 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 1,118 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Covington's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Covington's dates instead of trusting one.