Bancroft, WV 25569 Frost Dates
Bancroft, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 169 days after the last spring frost.
Bancroft 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Bancroft's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bancroft against the rest of the dataset
Bancroft's growing season runs about 169 days, ranking 29,586 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 716 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25569's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Bancroft can differ from the 25569 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bancroft's frost date answer different questions.