Stonewood, WV 26408 Frost Dates
Stonewood, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 181 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stonewood in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Stonewood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 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.
Stonewood against the rest of the dataset
Stonewood's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,606 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 434 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26408's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Stonewood's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Stonewood can differ from the 26408 normal.