Chapmanville, WV 25505 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Chapmanville, WV, ZIP 25505
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 208 frost-free days later.
Chapmanville 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
Zone 7a around Chapmanville has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Chapmanville compares
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Chapmanville places 15,688 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 60 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Chapmanville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Chapmanville can differ from the 25505 normal.