Paw Paw, WV 25422 Frost Dates
25422, near Paw Paw, WV: the frost window
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 180 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paw Paw 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
Paw Paw'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 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Paw Paw against the rest of the dataset
About 180 days separate Paw Paw's last and first frost, putting it 25,034 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 514 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 25422: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Paw Paw's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Paw Paw's dates instead of trusting one.