Hundred, WV 26581 Frost Dates
Hundred, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 158 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hundred 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 6 weeks until Hundred's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Hundred's last frost
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hundred against the rest of the dataset
About 158 days separate Hundred's last and first frost, putting it 33,144 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 801 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26581's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Hundred can differ from the 26581 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Hundred's frost date answer different questions.