Oceana, WV 25630 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Oceana, WV, ZIP 25630
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 194 frost-free days later.
Oceana 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 Oceana has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oceana compares
Oceana's growing season runs about 194 days, ranking 19,527 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 170 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Oceana's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Oceana's dates instead of trusting one.