Alderson, WV 24962 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Alderson, WV, ZIP 24962
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 173 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 Alderson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Alderson has about 7 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 Alderson's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Alderson compares
About 173 days separate Alderson's last and first frost, putting it 28,001 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 645 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Alderson's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Alderson's dates instead of trusting one.