Smithers, WV 25057 Frost Dates
Smithers, 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.
Smithers sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Smithers's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Smithers'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.
Smithers against the rest of the dataset
Smithers's growing season runs about 209 days, ranking 15,358 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 15 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25057's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Smithers can differ from the 25057 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Smithers's frost date answer different questions.