Lynchburg, VA 24515 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lynchburg, VA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/17, about 232 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 190 frost-free days later.
Lynchburg sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Lynchburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lynchburg compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Lynchburg places 20,993 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 854 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Lynchburg's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lynchburg's dates instead of trusting one.