Danville, WV 25053 Frost Dates
Danville, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Danville 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 9 weeks until Danville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Danville's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Danville against the rest of the dataset
Danville's growing season runs about 208 days, ranking 15,710 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 69 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25053's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Danville's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Danville's dates instead of trusting one.