Glasgow, VA 24526 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Glasgow, VA, ZIP 24526
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.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Glasgow, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Glasgow 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.
The actual range around Glasgow's last frost
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 Glasgow compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Glasgow places 21,232 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 861 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Glasgow can differ from the 24526 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Glasgow's frost date answer different questions.