Montrose, WV 26283 Frost Dates
Montrose, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 182 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Montrose in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Montrose's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Montrose against the rest of the dataset
About 182 days separate Montrose's last and first frost, putting it 24,353 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 421 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26283's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Montrose's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Montrose can differ from the 26283 normal.