Scottsburg, VA 24589 Frost Dates
Scottsburg, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 202 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Scottsburg in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Scottsburg's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Scottsburg's last frost
04/10 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 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Scottsburg against the rest of the dataset
About 202 days separate Scottsburg's last and first frost, putting it 17,382 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 614 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24589's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Scottsburg can differ from the 24589 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Scottsburg's frost date answer different questions.