Kimball, WV 24853 Frost Dates
Kimball, WV: when does the frost end?
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 Kimball 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Kimball's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Kimball against the rest of the dataset
About 193 days separate Kimball's last and first frost, putting it 20,072 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 233 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24853's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Kimball's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Kimball can differ from the 24853 normal.