Sophia, WV 25921 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sophia, WV, ZIP 25921
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 156 frost-free days later.
Sophia 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 Sophia has about 6 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.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
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 Sophia compares
At roughly 156 frost-free days, Sophia places 33,720 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 828 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Sophia's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Sophia's dates instead of trusting one.