Union, WV 24951 Frost Dates
Union, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 165 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Union 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 6 weeks until Union'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
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Union against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Union places 30,715 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 741 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24951's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Union can differ from the 24951 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Union's frost date answer different questions.