Goshen, VA 24460 Frost Dates
24460, near Goshen, VA: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 181 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Goshen 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
Goshen's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee
04/22 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 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Goshen against the rest of the dataset
Goshen's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,705 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,011 of 1,178.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 24460: local microclimates, on what one yard in Goshen can differ from the 24460 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Goshen's frost date answer different questions.