Chesapeake, WV 25049 Frost Dates
Chesapeake, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Chesapeake 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 10 weeks until Chesapeake's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Chesapeake's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Chesapeake against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 209 frost-free days, Chesapeake places 15,309 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 2 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25049's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Chesapeake can differ from the 25049 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Chesapeake's frost date answer different questions.