Beckley, WV 25919 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Beckley, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 156 frost-free days later.
Beckley 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 Beckley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Beckley'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 Beckley compares
Beckley's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,541 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 809 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Beckley can differ from the 25919 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Beckley's frost date answer different questions.