Ravenswood, WV 25275 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ravenswood, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 165 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ravenswood in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 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
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ravenswood compares
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Ravenswood places 30,570 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 731 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.