War, WV 24866 Frost Dates
War, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts War 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 7 weeks until War'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
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
War against the rest of the dataset
War's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 28,040 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 649 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24866's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around War's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in War can differ from the 24866 normal.