Martinsville, VA 24114 Frost Dates
Martinsville, VA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Martinsville in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Martinsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Martinsville against the rest of the dataset
Martinsville's growing season runs about 179 days, ranking 25,230 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,026 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24114's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Martinsville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Martinsville can differ from the 24114 normal.