Davy, WV 24881 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Davy, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 193 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 Davy, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Davy before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Davy'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 Davy compares
About 193 days separate Davy's last and first frost, putting it 20,080 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 235 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Davy's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Davy's dates instead of trusting one.