Paw Paw, WV 26722 Frost Dates
Paw Paw, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 190 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paw Paw in Zone 7a (0 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 8 weeks until Paw Paw's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Paw Paw's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Paw Paw against the rest of the dataset
Paw Paw's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,293 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 317 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26722's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Paw Paw's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Paw Paw's dates instead of trusting one.