Ripley, WV 25248 Frost Dates
Ripley, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 169 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ripley in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7 weeks until Ripley'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
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ripley against the rest of the dataset
About 169 days separate Ripley's last and first frost, putting it 29,445 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 700 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25248's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ripley's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ripley can differ from the 25248 normal.