Glasgow, VA 24555 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Glasgow, VA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 181 frost-free days later.
Glasgow sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Glasgow before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Glasgow's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Glasgow compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Glasgow places 24,641 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,006 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Glasgow's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Glasgow's dates instead of trusting one.