Frost dates for Burton, West Virginia
Half of years have their last spring frost by May 4, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 22.
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 22
- 1 year in 5
- May 17
- 3 years in 10
- May 12
- 2 years in 5
- May 8
- Half of years (the median)
- May 4
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- October 1
- 1 year in 5
- October 4
- 3 years in 10
- October 7
- 2 years in 5
- October 10
- Half of years (the median)
- October 12
- Growing season
- about 158 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 6a, 6b
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 28 °C83 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- June to September, 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 °C39 °F · low ~-7 °C19 °F · rain ~103 mm4 in
- February
- high ~6 °C43 °F · low ~-6 °C21 °F · rain ~85 mm3.4 in
- March
- high ~11 °C52 °F · low ~-3 °C27 °F · rain ~102 mm4 in
- April
- high ~19 °C65 °F · low ~2 °C36 °F · rain ~110 mm4.3 in
- May
- high ~24 °C75 °F · low ~8 °C46 °F · rain ~142 mm5.6 in
- June
- high ~27 °C81 °F · low ~13 °C55 °F · rain ~124 mm4.9 in
- July
- high ~29 °C84 °F · low ~15 °C60 °F · rain ~144 mm5.7 in
- August
- high ~29 °C83 °F · low ~14 °C58 °F · rain ~94 mm3.7 in
- September
- high ~26 °C78 °F · low ~10 °C51 °F · rain ~97 mm3.8 in
- October
- high ~19 °C66 °F · low ~4 °C39 °F · rain ~86 mm3.4 in
- November
- high ~12 °C53 °F · low ~-2 °C29 °F · rain ~87 mm3.4 in
- December
- high ~6 °C43 °F · low ~-5 °C24 °F · rain ~111 mm4.4 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Burton station (listed by NOAA as Burton, USC00461290), at 39.65, -80.41. 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
15310, 15316, 15352, 15380, 26033, 26521, 26562, 26570, 26575, 26581, 26585, 26590.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Clarksburg Benedum Airport, WV, last frost by April 18
- Lake Lynn, WV, last frost by April 25
- Washington 3 NE, PA, last frost by April 24
- Charleroi Lock, PA, last frost by April 13
- Mckeesport, PA, last frost by May 2
- Confluence 1 SW Dam, PA, last frost by April 30
Other stations in West Virginia.
- Gassaway, WV, last frost by April 20
- Spencer, WV, last frost by April 30
- Mt Nebo 1 S, WV, last frost by May 5
- London Locks, WV, last frost by April 7
- Charleston, WV, last frost by April 23
- Hamlin, WV, last frost by April 23
- Beckley Va Hospital, WV, last frost by May 6
- Logan, WV, last frost by April 8
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