Damascus, VA 37680 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Damascus, VA, ZIP 37680
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 170 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Damascus, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Damascus 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Damascus compares
About 170 days separate Damascus's last and first frost, putting it 29,146 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 1,149 of 1,178.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Damascus's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Damascus's dates instead of trusting one.