Gary, WV 24830 Frost Dates
24830, near Gary, WV: the frost window
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 193 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gary 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
Gary'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.
The actual range around Gary's last frost
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.
Gary against the rest of the dataset
Gary's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 20,009 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 214 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 24830: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Gary's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Gary's dates instead of trusting one.