Clendenin, WV 25005 Frost Dates
Clendenin, 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 10/17, roughly 169 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clendenin 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 Clendenin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Clendenin's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clendenin against the rest of the dataset
Clendenin's growing season runs about 169 days, ranking 29,521 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 708 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25005's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Clendenin's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Clendenin's dates instead of trusting one.