Oceana, WV 24849 Frost Dates
24849, near Oceana, 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.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Oceana'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.
Oceana against the rest of the dataset
Oceana's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 19,976 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 206 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 24849: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Oceana's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Oceana's dates instead of trusting one.