Northfork, WV 24855 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Northfork, WV, ZIP 24855
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 178 frost-free days later.
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 Northfork, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Northfork has about 8 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.
The actual range around Northfork's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Northfork compares
Northfork's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,926 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 594 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Northfork's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Northfork can differ from the 24855 normal.