Frost dates for Gassaway, West Virginia
Half of years have their last spring frost by April 20, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 9.
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 9
- 1 year in 5
- May 2
- 3 years in 10
- April 28
- 2 years in 5
- April 23
- Half of years (the median)
- April 20
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- October 12
- 1 year in 5
- October 16
- 3 years in 10
- October 19
- 2 years in 5
- October 22
- Half of years (the median)
- October 25
- Growing season
- about 185 days
- Hardiness zone nearby
- 6b
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 29 °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 ~5 °C42 °F · low ~-6 °C22 °F · rain ~90 mm3.6 in
- February
- high ~8 °C46 °F · low ~-5 °C24 °F · rain ~82 mm3.2 in
- March
- high ~12 °C54 °F · low ~-1 °C30 °F · rain ~107 mm4.2 in
- April
- high ~19 °C67 °F · low ~5 °C40 °F · rain ~104 mm4.1 in
- May
- high ~24 °C75 °F · low ~10 °C51 °F · rain ~127 mm5 in
- June
- high ~28 °C82 °F · low ~15 °C60 °F · rain ~129 mm5.1 in
- July
- high ~29 °C85 °F · low ~18 °C64 °F · rain ~164 mm6.4 in
- August
- high ~29 °C84 °F · low ~17 °C63 °F · rain ~120 mm4.7 in
- September
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~13 °C56 °F · rain ~88 mm3.5 in
- October
- high ~20 °C68 °F · low ~6 °C43 °F · rain ~95 mm3.7 in
- November
- high ~14 °C57 °F · low ~0 °C32 °F · rain ~86 mm3.4 in
- December
- high ~8 °C46 °F · low ~-3 °C27 °F · rain ~102 mm4 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Gassaway station (listed by NOAA as Gassaway, USC00463361), at 38.66, -80.77. 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
25063, 25141, 25211, 25267, 26335, 26351, 26412, 26430, 26601, 26610, 26611, 26615…
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26617, 26619, 26621, 26623, 26624, 26627, 26629, 26631, 26636, 26638.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- 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
- Clarksburg Benedum Airport, WV, last frost by April 18
- Charleston, WV, last frost by April 23
- Beckley Va Hospital, WV, last frost by May 6
Other stations in West Virginia.
- Burton, WV, last frost by May 4
- Hamlin, WV, last frost by April 23
- Oceana 2 SE, WV, last frost by April 22
- Logan, WV, last frost by April 8
- Lake Lynn, WV, last frost by April 25
- Williamson, WV, last frost by April 8
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