Kermit, WV 25511 Frost Dates
25511, near Kermit, WV: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/13, roughly 228 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kermit 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
Kermit'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.
The actual range around Kermit's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kermit against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 197 frost-free days, Kermit places 18,817 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 154 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 25511: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Kermit's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Kermit's dates instead of trusting one.