Lewisburg, WV 24957 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lewisburg, WV, ZIP 24957
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 158 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lewisburg in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Lewisburg has about 6 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 Lewisburg's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lewisburg compares
At roughly 158 frost-free days, Lewisburg places 32,980 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 791 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lewisburg can differ from the 24957 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Lewisburg's frost date answer different questions.