Clay, WV 25211 Frost Dates
Clay, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 187 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clay in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Clay's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Clay's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clay against the rest of the dataset
Clay's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,581 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 344 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25211's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Clay can differ from the 25211 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Clay's frost date answer different questions.