Richlands, VA 24612 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Richlands, VA, ZIP 24612
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 173 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Richlands, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Richlands has about 7 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.
The actual range around Richlands's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Richlands compares
Richlands's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 27,866 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,103 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Richlands can differ from the 24612 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Richlands's frost date answer different questions.