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Glasgow, VA 24579 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Glasgow, VA, ZIP 24579

Zone 7a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 205 frost-free days later.

Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Glasgow 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.

Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee

04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Glasgow compares

At roughly 205 frost-free days, Glasgow places 16,360 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 516 of 1,178.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Glasgow's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Glasgow can differ from the 24579 normal.