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Logan, WV 25625 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Logan, WV?

Zone 7a

Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 208 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 Logan, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Logan before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Logan's last frost

04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Logan compares

Logan's growing season runs about 208 days, ranking 15,678 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 53 of 885.

Learn more

local microclimates covers what one yard in Logan can differ from the 25625 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Logan's frost date answer different questions.