Monterey, VA 24465 Frost Dates
24465, near Monterey, VA: the frost window
Around 05/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 253 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 148 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Monterey in Zone 6a (-10 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
Monterey's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
The actual range around Monterey's last frost
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Monterey against the rest of the dataset
Monterey's growing season runs about 148 days, ranking 35,808 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,178 of 1,178.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 24465: local microclimates, on what one yard in Monterey can differ from the 24465 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Monterey's frost date answer different questions.