Frost dates for Beckley Va Hospital, West Virginia
Half of years have their last spring frost by May 6, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 23.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- May 23
- 1 year in 5
- May 18
- 3 years in 10
- May 14
- 2 years in 5
- May 10
- Half of years (the median)
- May 6
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- September 28
- 1 year in 5
- October 2
- 3 years in 10
- October 5
- 2 years in 5
- October 7
- Half of years (the median)
- October 10
- Growing season
- about 156 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 6b, 7a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 25 °C78 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- June to August, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
Month by month
- January
- high ~4 °C40 °F · low ~-7 °C19 °F · rain ~78 mm3.1 in
- February
- high ~6 °C43 °F · low ~-6 °C21 °F · rain ~73 mm2.9 in
- March
- high ~11 °C51 °F · low ~-3 °C27 °F · rain ~96 mm3.8 in
- April
- high ~17 °C63 °F · low ~2 °C36 °F · rain ~96 mm3.8 in
- May
- high ~22 °C71 °F · low ~8 °C46 °F · rain ~116 mm4.6 in
- June
- high ~24 °C76 °F · low ~12 °C54 °F · rain ~105 mm4.1 in
- July
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~14 °C58 °F · rain ~136 mm5.4 in
- August
- high ~26 °C78 °F · low ~14 °C57 °F · rain ~95 mm3.7 in
- September
- high ~23 °C73 °F · low ~10 °C50 °F · rain ~84 mm3.3 in
- October
- high ~17 °C63 °F · low ~4 °C39 °F · rain ~65 mm2.6 in
- November
- high ~12 °C53 °F · low ~-2 °C29 °F · rain ~68 mm2.7 in
- December
- high ~6 °C43 °F · low ~-5 °C23 °F · rain ~90 mm3.5 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Beckley Va Hospital station (listed by NOAA as Beckley Va Hospital, USC00460580), at 37.76, -81.19. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
25007, 25062, 25174, 25801, 25810, 25811, 25817, 25823, 25827, 25836, 25839, 25843…
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25844, 25849, 25853, 25857, 25865, 25871, 25873, 25878, 25902, 25908, 25911, 25915, 25920, 25921, 25928, 25932.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Oceana 2 SE, WV, last frost by April 22
- London Locks, WV, last frost by April 7
- Mt Nebo 1 S, WV, last frost by May 5
- Logan, WV, last frost by April 8
- Charleston, WV, last frost by April 23
- Richlands, VA, last frost by April 27
Other stations in West Virginia.
- Williamson, WV, last frost by April 8
- Hamlin, WV, last frost by April 23
- Gassaway, WV, last frost by April 20
- Spencer, WV, last frost by April 30
- Clarksburg Benedum Airport, WV, last frost by April 18
- Burton, WV, last frost by May 4
- Lake Lynn, WV, last frost by April 25
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