Poca, WV 25560 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Poca, WV, ZIP 25560
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 180 frost-free days later.
Poca 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 Poca 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 Poca's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 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 Poca compares
About 180 days separate Poca's last and first frost, putting it 24,972 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 494 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Poca's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Poca can differ from the 25560 normal.