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Capon Bridge, WV 22637 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Capon Bridge, WV?

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 200 frost-free days later.

Capon Bridge sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Capon Bridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Capon Bridge's last frost

04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Capon Bridge compares

Capon Bridge's growing season runs about 200 days, ranking 17,882 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 135 of 885.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Capon Bridge's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Capon Bridge can differ from the 22637 normal.