Pax, WV 25008 Frost Dates
25008, near Pax, WV: the frost window
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pax 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
Pax's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pax against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Pax places 25,521 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 558 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 25008: local microclimates, on what one yard in Pax can differ from the 25008 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Pax's frost date answer different questions.