Clifton Forge, VA 24457 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Clifton Forge, VA?
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 172 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Clifton Forge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Clifton Forge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Clifton Forge's last frost
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 Clifton Forge compares
At roughly 172 frost-free days, Clifton Forge places 28,297 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,119 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Clifton Forge's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Clifton Forge's dates instead of trusting one.