Gassaway, WV 26624 Frost Dates
Gassaway, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 187 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gassaway 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 9 weeks until Gassaway'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 04/07 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.
Gassaway against the rest of the dataset
Gassaway's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,516 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 341 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26624's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gassaway can differ from the 26624 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Gassaway's frost date answer different questions.