Lester, WV 25865 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lester, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 156 frost-free days later.
Lester 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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Lester before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lester's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lester compares
At roughly 156 frost-free days, Lester places 33,815 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 838 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Lester's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lester's dates instead of trusting one.