Lynchburg, VA 24551 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lynchburg, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. 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.
The actual range around Lynchburg'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 Lynchburg compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Lynchburg places 20,995 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 856 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Lynchburg can differ from the 24551 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Lynchburg's frost date answer different questions.