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East Bank, WV 25134 Frost Dates

When can you plant in East Bank, WV?

Zone 7a

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.

East Bank 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.

What to do before the first frost

About 10 weeks of growing season left in East Bank before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around East Bank'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 East Bank compares

At roughly 209 frost-free days, East Bank places 15,345 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 11 of 885.

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local microclimates covers what one yard in East Bank can differ from the 25134 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and East Bank's frost date answer different questions.