Beech Bottom, WV 26030 Frost Dates
Beech Bottom, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 185 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Beech Bottom, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Beech Bottom'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
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Beech Bottom against the rest of the dataset
Beech Bottom's growing season runs about 185 days, ranking 23,287 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 372 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26030's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Beech Bottom's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Beech Bottom can differ from the 26030 normal.