Cedar Bluff, VA 24609 Frost Dates
Cedar Bluff, VA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cedar Bluff in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7 weeks until Cedar Bluff's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/27 isn't a guarantee
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cedar Bluff against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 173 frost-free days, Cedar Bluff places 27,989 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,113 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24609's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Cedar Bluff's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Cedar Bluff can differ from the 24609 normal.