New Martinsville, WV 43931 Frost Dates
When can you plant in New Martinsville, WV?
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 182 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New Martinsville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 8 weeks of growing season left in New Martinsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around New Martinsville's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Martinsville compares
About 182 days separate New Martinsville's last and first frost, putting it 24,138 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 397 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and New Martinsville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around New Martinsville's dates instead of trusting one.