When to plant in Huntington, VA

Planting dates worked out from Huntington's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

Apr 7

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 25

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 18

1 year in 10 by Nov 4

Frost-free days

234

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Washington Reagan Natl Ap · 6.9 km away · station 4 m, town 20 m. How we match towns to stations

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 10 – Feb 24	Apr 7 – Apr 21	Jun 1
Sweet pepper	Jan 27 – Feb 10	Apr 7 – Apr 21	Jun 6
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 24 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 14	Apr 9
Peas	—	Feb 28 – Mar 28	Apr 24
Bush beans	—	Mar 31 – Apr 21	May 20
Carrot	—	Mar 14 – Apr 25	May 13
Beet	—	Mar 14 – Apr 25	May 3
Potato	—	Mar 14 – Apr 4	May 23
Kale	Jan 24 – Feb 7	Mar 7 – Mar 21	Apr 19
Broccoli	Jan 17 – Jan 31	Feb 28 – Mar 21	Apr 29
Cucumber	Mar 10 – Mar 17	Apr 7 – Apr 21	May 27
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 10 – Mar 17	Apr 7 – Apr 21	May 22
Winter squash	Mar 10 – Mar 17	Apr 7 – Apr 21	Jun 26
Sweet corn	—	Mar 31 – Apr 21	May 30
Onion (from sets)	—	Feb 28 – Mar 21	May 29
Garlic	—	Oct 31 – Nov 28 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 28 – Mar 28	Apr 7
Basil	Feb 24 – Mar 10	Apr 7 – Apr 21	Jun 3

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Huntington's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1942	Mar 30
1943	Apr 16
1944	Apr 6
1945	Mar 5
1946	Mar 12
1947	Mar 31
1948	Mar 29
1949	Mar 20
1950	Apr 15
1951	Mar 27
1952	Mar 25
1953	Mar 11
1954	Apr 4
1955	Mar 29
1956	Apr 21
1957	Mar 11
1958	Mar 20
1959	Mar 29
1960	Mar 27
1961	Apr 3
1962	Apr 4
1963	Mar 23
1964	Apr 5
1965	Apr 5
1966	Mar 29
1967	Apr 12
1968	Mar 15
1969	Apr 1
1970	Mar 30
1971	Mar 31
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 14
1974	Mar 26
1975	Mar 27
1976	Apr 12
1977	Apr 9
1978	Mar 18
1979	Mar 16
1980	Mar 13
1981	Mar 20
1982	Apr 8
1983	Mar 30
1984	Mar 24
1985	Apr 10
1986	Mar 23
1987	Apr 1
1988	Mar 23
1989	Mar 20
1990	Apr 13
1991	Mar 31
1992	Apr 4
1993	Mar 20
1994	Mar 18
1995	Apr 5
1996	Mar 23
1997	Apr 10
1998	Mar 25
1999	Mar 23
2000	Mar 19
2001	Mar 28
2002	Apr 7
2003	Apr 1
2004	Apr 5
2005	Mar 18
2006	Mar 23
2007	Apr 9
2008	Mar 9
2009	Mar 24
2010	Feb 27
2011	Mar 28
2012	Mar 6
2013	Apr 4
2014	Mar 27
2015	Mar 29
2016	Apr 10
2017	Mar 23
2018	Mar 21
2019	Mar 8
2020	Mar 1
2021	Apr 2
2022	Mar 29
2023	Mar 20
2024	Mar 21

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1942	211
1943	209
1944	232
1945	244
1946	248
1947	226
1948	246
1949	230
1950	210
1951	220
1952	209
1953	239
1954	210
1955	233
1956	211
1957	244
1958	251
1959	223
1960	224
1961	221
1962	205
1963	234
1964	201
1965	206
1966	219
1967	207
1968	229
1969	205
1970	231
1971	221
1972	193
1973	206
1974	208
1975	250
1976	198
1977	218
1978	266
1979	258
1980	275
1981	247
1982	211
1983	246
1984	240
1985	235
1986	234
1987	223
1988	246
1989	242
1990	219
1991	217
1992	198
1993	226
1994	250
1995	213
1996	233
1997	219
1998	224
1999	239
2000	241
2001	268
2002	233
2003	222
2004	242
2005	243
2006	225
2007	228
2008	253
2009	256
2010	274
2011	256
2012	264
2013	222
2014	232
2015	238
2016	226
2017	231
2018	234
2019	245
2020	262
2021	234
2022	233
2023	252
2024	253

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1942	21.6 °C
1943	21.2 °C
1944	21.4 °C
1945	21.2 °C
1946	20.5 °C
1947	20.9 °C
1948	20.9 °C
1949	21.3 °C
1950	20.2 °C
1951	21.1 °C
1952	21.5 °C
1953	21.7 °C
1954	21.5 °C
1955	21.7 °C
1956	20.0 °C
1957	22.0 °C
1958	20.9 °C
1959	22.6 °C
1960	21.7 °C
1961	21.0 °C
1962	20.9 °C
1963	20.7 °C
1964	21.4 °C
1965	21.3 °C
1966	21.3 °C
1967	20.5 °C
1968	21.8 °C
1969	22.1 °C
1970	22.2 °C
1971	21.4 °C
1972	20.5 °C
1973	22.0 °C
1974	21.4 °C
1975	21.8 °C
1976	21.9 °C
1977	22.7 °C
1978	22.4 °C
1979	21.6 °C
1980	23.6 °C
1981	22.5 °C
1982	21.3 °C
1983	21.9 °C
1984	21.1 °C
1985	22.0 °C
1986	21.8 °C
1987	22.2 °C
1988	21.7 °C
1989	21.4 °C
1990	21.3 °C
1991	23.0 °C
1992	20.4 °C
1993	22.2 °C
1994	22.2 °C
1995	22.1 °C
1996	21.4 °C
1997	21.0 °C
1998	22.2 °C
1999	22.2 °C
2000	20.7 °C
2001	21.3 °C
2002	22.6 °C
2003	20.7 °C
2004	21.9 °C
2005	22.1 °C
2006	21.9 °C
2007	22.0 °C
2008	22.4 °C
2009	21.4 °C
2010	23.9 °C
2011	23.1 °C
2012	23.3 °C
2013	22.2 °C
2014	22.4 °C
2015	23.6 °C
2016	22.9 °C
2017	22.8 °C
2018	23.1 °C
2019	23.8 °C
2020	22.0 °C
2021	22.6 °C
2022	22.5 °C
2023	22.5 °C
2024	23.5 °C

What this means for you: Since 1942, Huntington's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 3 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Washington Reagan Natl Ap (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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