Handley, WV 25110 Frost Dates
Handley, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. 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 Handley 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 Handley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
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.
Handley against the rest of the dataset
About 209 days separate Handley's last and first frost, putting it 15,426 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 35 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25110's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Handley's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Handley can differ from the 25110 normal.