Falling Spring, WV 24966 Frost Dates
Falling Spring, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 171 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Falling Spring in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 7 weeks until Falling Spring's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 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.
Falling Spring against the rest of the dataset
Falling Spring's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,833 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 695 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24966's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Falling Spring's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Falling Spring's dates instead of trusting one.