Oceana, WV 24860 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oceana, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 193 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Oceana before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Oceana's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oceana compares
Oceana's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 19,979 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 209 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Oceana's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Oceana can differ from the 24860 normal.