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Bradshaw, WV 24634 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Bradshaw, WV, ZIP 24634

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 189 frost-free days later.

Bradshaw 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

Zone 7a around Bradshaw has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.

The actual range around Bradshaw's last frost

04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Bradshaw compares

Bradshaw's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,750 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 323 of 885.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bradshaw's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bradshaw's dates instead of trusting one.