Clendenin, WV 25045 Frost Dates
Clendenin, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Clendenin, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Clendenin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clendenin against the rest of the dataset
About 192 days separate Clendenin's last and first frost, putting it 20,483 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 291 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25045's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a 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.