Frost dates for W Point 2 NW, Virginia
Half of years have their last spring frost by April 6, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after April 21.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- April 21
- 1 year in 5
- April 17
- 3 years in 10
- April 13
- 2 years in 5
- April 9
- Half of years (the median)
- April 6
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- October 20
- 1 year in 5
- October 25
- 3 years in 10
- October 27
- 2 years in 5
- October 30
- Half of years (the median)
- November 1
- Growing season
- about 208 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 7b, 8a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 31 °C88 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- May to September, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
Month by month
- January
- high ~9 °C49 °F · low ~-2 °C28 °F · rain ~91 mm3.6 in
- February
- high ~12 °C53 °F · low ~-1 °C30 °F · rain ~72 mm2.8 in
- March
- high ~16 °C61 °F · low ~2 °C36 °F · rain ~101 mm4 in
- April
- high ~22 °C72 °F · low ~8 °C46 °F · rain ~96 mm3.8 in
- May
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~13 °C55 °F · rain ~103 mm4.1 in
- June
- high ~30 °C86 °F · low ~18 °C64 °F · rain ~114 mm4.5 in
- July
- high ~32 °C90 °F · low ~20 °C68 °F · rain ~123 mm4.9 in
- August
- high ~31 °C88 °F · low ~19 °C67 °F · rain ~121 mm4.8 in
- September
- high ~28 °C82 °F · low ~16 °C61 °F · rain ~124 mm4.9 in
- October
- high ~22 °C72 °F · low ~9 °C49 °F · rain ~103 mm4.1 in
- November
- high ~16 °C61 °F · low ~4 °C38 °F · rain ~76 mm3 in
- December
- high ~11 °C52 °F · low ~0 °C32 °F · rain ~91 mm3.6 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the W Point 2 NW station (listed by NOAA as W Pt 2 NW, USC00449025), at 37.57, -76.80. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
22480, 22482, 22503, 22504, 22576, 22578, 23011, 23023, 23032, 23070, 23071, 23079…
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23085, 23086, 23089, 23091, 23092, 23108, 23110, 23124, 23140, 23149, 23156, 23161, 23169, 23175, 23176, 23177, 23180, 23181.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Ashland Hanover County Municipal Airport, VA, last frost by April 10
- Painter 2 W, VA, last frost by April 4
- Corbin, VA, last frost by April 14
- Patuxent River Naval Air Station, MD, last frost by March 29
- Mechanicsville 5 NE, MD, last frost by April 17
- Fentress NAAS, VA, last frost by March 23
Other stations in Virginia.
- Washington Reagan Airport, VA, last frost by March 24
- Somerset, VA, last frost by April 17
- Warrenton 3 SE, VA, last frost by April 9
- Vienna, VA, last frost by April 14
- Purcellville, VA, last frost by April 16
- Roanoke Regional Airport, VA, last frost by April 3
- Richlands, VA, last frost by April 27
- Breaks Interstate Park, VA, last frost by April 22
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