Chesapeake, WV 25214 Frost Dates
Chesapeake, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
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 Chesapeake, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Chesapeake's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Chesapeake against the rest of the dataset
About 209 days separate Chesapeake's last and first frost, putting it 15,310 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 3 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25214's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Chesapeake can differ from the 25214 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Chesapeake's frost date answer different questions.