Star City, WV 26541 Frost Dates
Star City, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. 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 Star City 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 Star City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Star City against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 182 frost-free days, Star City places 24,188 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 400 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26541's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Star City's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Star City's dates instead of trusting one.