Rupert, WV 25984 Frost Dates
Rupert, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 160 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Rupert, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Rupert's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rupert against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 160 frost-free days, Rupert places 32,450 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 754 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25984's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Rupert can differ from the 25984 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Rupert's frost date answer different questions.