Camden-on-Gauley, WV 26660 Frost Dates
Camden-on-Gauley, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 171 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Camden-on-Gauley 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 7 weeks until Camden-on-Gauley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Camden-on-Gauley's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Camden-on-Gauley against the rest of the dataset
Camden-on-Gauley's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,844 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 698 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26660's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Camden-on-Gauley's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Camden-on-Gauley's dates instead of trusting one.