Clay, WV 25111 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clay, WV, ZIP 25111
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 209 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Clay, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Clay has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Clay's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clay compares
Clay's growing season runs about 209 days, ranking 15,399 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 29 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Clay's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Clay's dates instead of trusting one.