Kermit, WV 25676 Frost Dates
Kermit, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. 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
At roughly 197 frost-free days, Kermit places 18,822 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 159 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25676's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Kermit can differ from the 25676 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Kermit's frost date answer different questions.