Keyser, WV 26726 Frost Dates
Keyser, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/15, roughly 167 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Keyser 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 7 weeks until Keyser's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Keyser'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 05/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Keyser against the rest of the dataset
About 167 days separate Keyser's last and first frost, putting it 29,955 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 722 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26726's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Keyser can differ from the 26726 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Keyser's frost date answer different questions.