Anawalt, WV 24887 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Anawalt, WV?
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 182 frost-free days later.
Anawalt 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Anawalt before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Anawalt compares
At roughly 182 frost-free days, Anawalt places 24,349 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 419 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Anawalt's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Anawalt can differ from the 24887 normal.