Ravenswood, WV 25262 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ravenswood, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 178 frost-free days later.
Ravenswood sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Ravenswood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ravenswood's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ravenswood compares
Ravenswood's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,709 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 567 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Ravenswood's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Ravenswood's dates instead of trusting one.