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Marmet, WV 25326 Frost Dates

Marmet, WV: when does the frost end?

Zone 7a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.

Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Marmet, not a forecast for this year.

Stretching the season past the first frost

With roughly 8 weeks until Marmet's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

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

Marmet's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,416 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 257 of 885.

Learn more

Before leaning on 25326's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Marmet's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Marmet's dates instead of trusting one.