Hamlin, WV 25544 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hamlin, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 180 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Hamlin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Hamlin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hamlin's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hamlin compares
At roughly 180 frost-free days, Hamlin places 24,961 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 491 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Hamlin can differ from the 25544 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Hamlin's frost date answer different questions.