Ansted, WV 25854 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ansted, WV, ZIP 25854
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 181 frost-free days later.
Ansted sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Ansted has about 8 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.
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
About 181 days separate Ansted's last and first frost, putting it 24,623 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 436 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Ansted's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Ansted's dates instead of trusting one.