Lester, WV 25180 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lester, WV, ZIP 25180
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 156 frost-free days later.
Lester sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
Zone 6b around Lester has about 6 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 Lester's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lester compares
Lester's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,810 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 833 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lester's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lester can differ from the 25180 normal.