Staunton, VA 24469 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Staunton, VA, ZIP 24469
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 191 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Staunton in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Staunton 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.
The actual range around Staunton's last frost
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 Staunton compares
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Staunton places 20,712 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 821 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Staunton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Staunton can differ from the 24469 normal.