Alderson, WV 24910 Frost Dates
Alderson, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
Alderson sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Alderson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
04/26 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 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Alderson against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 173 frost-free days, Alderson places 28,000 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 644 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24910's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Alderson can differ from the 24910 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Alderson's frost date answer different questions.