Nitro, WV 25143 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Nitro, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 180 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Nitro, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Nitro before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Nitro's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nitro compares
About 180 days separate Nitro's last and first frost, putting it 24,842 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 466 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Nitro's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Nitro's dates instead of trusting one.