Martinsville, VA 24168 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Martinsville, VA?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 179 frost-free days later.
Martinsville sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 8 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.
The actual range around Martinsville's last frost
04/24 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. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Martinsville compares
Martinsville's growing season runs about 179 days, ranking 25,232 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within VA, it ranks 1,028 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Martinsville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Martinsville can differ from the 24168 normal.