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Ansted, WV 25812 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Ansted, WV?

Zone 6b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 181 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ansted in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 8 weeks of growing season left in Ansted before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Ansted's last frost

04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Ansted compares

At roughly 181 frost-free days, Ansted places 24,622 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 435 of 885.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Ansted's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ansted can differ from the 25812 normal.