Gauley Bridge, WV 25040 Frost Dates
Gauley Bridge, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 181 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gauley Bridge 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 8 weeks until Gauley Bridge's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gauley Bridge against the rest of the dataset
About 181 days separate Gauley Bridge's last and first frost, putting it 24,680 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 444 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25040's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gauley Bridge can differ from the 25040 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Gauley Bridge's frost date answer different questions.