Ripley, WV 25239 Frost Dates
Ripley, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 178 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ripley 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 8 weeks until Ripley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 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.
Ripley against the rest of the dataset
About 178 days separate Ripley's last and first frost, putting it 25,721 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 568 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25239's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Ripley can differ from the 25239 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Ripley's frost date answer different questions.