Paw Paw, WV 25434 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Paw Paw, WV?
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 180 frost-free days later.
Paw Paw sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Paw Paw before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paw Paw compares
At roughly 180 frost-free days, Paw Paw places 25,036 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 516 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Paw Paw's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Paw Paw can differ from the 25434 normal.