Hinton, WV 24935 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hinton, WV, ZIP 24935
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 200 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 Hinton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Hinton has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Hinton's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 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 Hinton compares
About 200 days separate Hinton's last and first frost, putting it 17,806 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 124 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hinton can differ from the 24935 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Hinton's frost date answer different questions.