Hundred, WV 26585 Frost Dates
Hundred, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
Hundred's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 33,145 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 802 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26585's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Hundred can differ from the 26585 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Hundred's frost date answer different questions.