Marmet, WV 25306 Frost Dates
25306, near Marmet, WV: the frost window
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Marmet 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
Marmet's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Marmet against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Marmet places 20,411 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 252 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 25306: local microclimates, on what one yard in Marmet can differ from the 25306 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Marmet's frost date answer different questions.