Fort Gay, WV 25517 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fort Gay, WV, ZIP 25517
Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 197 frost-free days later.
Fort Gay 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 Fort Gay has about 8 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.
The actual range around Fort Gay's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fort Gay compares
Fort Gay's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,755 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 153 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fort Gay can differ from the 25517 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Fort Gay's frost date answer different questions.