Madison, WV 25205 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Madison, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 208 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Madison in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Madison before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Madison's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Madison compares
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Madison places 15,635 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 47 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Madison can differ from the 25205 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Madison's frost date answer different questions.