Montgomery, WV 25186 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Montgomery, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 209 frost-free days later.
Montgomery 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 Montgomery before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Montgomery compares
About 209 days separate Montgomery's last and first frost, putting it 15,316 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 6 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Montgomery's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Montgomery can differ from the 25186 normal.