Grundy, VA 24628 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Grundy, VA, ZIP 24628
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 189 frost-free days later.
Grundy sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Grundy has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Grundy compares
At roughly 189 frost-free days, Grundy places 21,665 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 876 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Grundy's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Grundy's dates instead of trusting one.