Hurt, VA 24571 Frost Dates
24571, near Hurt, VA: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
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 Hurt, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Hurt's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
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.
Hurt against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Hurt places 16,670 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 548 of 1,178.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 24571: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Hurt's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Hurt's dates instead of trusting one.