Kermit, WV 25669 Frost Dates
Kermit, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kermit 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 8 weeks until Kermit's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Kermit's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kermit against the rest of the dataset
Kermit's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,819 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 156 of 885.
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Before leaning on 25669's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Kermit can differ from the 25669 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Kermit's frost date answer different questions.