Cedar Bluff, VA 24637 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cedar Bluff, VA?
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.
Cedar Bluff 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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Cedar Bluff before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/27 isn't a guarantee
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 Cedar Bluff compares
At roughly 173 frost-free days, Cedar Bluff places 27,990 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,114 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Cedar Bluff's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cedar Bluff can differ from the 24637 normal.