Whitesville, WV 25208 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Whitesville, WV, ZIP 25208
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 208 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Whitesville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Whitesville has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Whitesville compares
About 208 days separate Whitesville's last and first frost, putting it 15,743 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 78 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Whitesville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Whitesville's dates instead of trusting one.