Madison, WV 25206 Frost Dates
Madison, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Madison's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Madison against the rest of the dataset
About 208 days separate Madison's last and first frost, putting it 15,636 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 48 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25206's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Madison's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Madison can differ from the 25206 normal.