Oceana, WV 24822 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Oceana, WV, ZIP 24822
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 194 frost-free days later.
Oceana 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 Oceana has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oceana compares
About 194 days separate Oceana's last and first frost, putting it 19,524 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 167 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Oceana can differ from the 24822 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Oceana's frost date answer different questions.