Ranson corporation, WV 25410 Frost Dates
25410, near Ranson corporation, WV: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 183 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 Ranson corporation, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Ranson corporation's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ranson corporation against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Ranson corporation places 23,827 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 380 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 25410: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Ranson corporation's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Ranson corporation's dates instead of trusting one.