Martinsville, VA 24102 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Martinsville, VA?
Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 199 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Martinsville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Martinsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Martinsville compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Martinsville places 18,052 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 650 of 1,178.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Martinsville can differ from the 24102 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Martinsville's frost date answer different questions.