Mitchell Heights, WV 25624 Frost Dates
Mitchell Heights, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mitchell Heights 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Mitchell Heights's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Mitchell Heights's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mitchell Heights against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Mitchell Heights places 15,749 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 82 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25624's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Mitchell Heights's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Mitchell Heights can differ from the 25624 normal.