Davy, WV 24828 Frost Dates
24828, near Davy, WV: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 193 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Davy, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Davy's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Davy against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 193 frost-free days, Davy places 20,079 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 234 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 24828: local microclimates, on what one yard in Davy can differ from the 24828 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Davy's frost date answer different questions.