Waynesboro, VA 24477 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Waynesboro, VA, ZIP 24477
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 184 frost-free days later.
Waynesboro 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 Waynesboro has about 8 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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waynesboro compares
At roughly 184 frost-free days, Waynesboro places 23,443 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 955 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Waynesboro's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Waynesboro can differ from the 24477 normal.