Carpendale, WV 21556 Frost Dates
Carpendale, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 190 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carpendale 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
With roughly 8 weeks until Carpendale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 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.
Carpendale against the rest of the dataset
About 190 days separate Carpendale's last and first frost, putting it 21,247 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 307 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21556's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Carpendale's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Carpendale can differ from the 21556 normal.