Mount Crawford, VA 24467 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mount Crawford, VA, ZIP 24467
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 191 frost-free days later.
Mount Crawford 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 Mount Crawford has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mount Crawford compares
Mount Crawford's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,894 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 846 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Mount Crawford can differ from the 24467 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Mount Crawford's frost date answer different questions.