Martinsburg, WV 25404 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Martinsburg, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 187 frost-free days later.
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 Martinsburg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Martinsburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Martinsburg compares
At roughly 187 frost-free days, Martinsburg places 22,304 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 334 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Martinsburg's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Martinsburg's dates instead of trusting one.