Buffalo, WV 25033 Frost Dates
Buffalo, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Buffalo 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
With roughly 7 weeks until Buffalo's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/28 isn't a guarantee
04/28 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 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Buffalo against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 173 frost-free days, Buffalo places 27,976 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 641 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25033's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Buffalo's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Buffalo can differ from the 25033 normal.