Paden City, WV 43946 Frost Dates
Paden City, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 182 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Paden City, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Paden City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Paden City against the rest of the dataset
Paden City's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,176 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 399 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 43946's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Paden City's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Paden City can differ from the 43946 normal.