Danville, VA 24541 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Danville, VA, ZIP 24541
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 205 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 Danville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Danville 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 Danville's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Danville compares
Danville's growing season runs about 205 days, ranking 16,179 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 507 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Danville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Danville can differ from the 24541 normal.