Bedford, VA 24523 Frost Dates
Bedford, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
Bedford 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Bedford's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bedford against the rest of the dataset
Bedford's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,555 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 525 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24523's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Bedford's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Bedford can differ from the 24523 normal.