Frost dates for Logan, West Virginia
Half of years have their last spring frost by April 8, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after April 21.
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
- April 21
- 1 year in 5
- April 17
- 3 years in 10
- April 14
- 2 years in 5
- April 11
- Half of years (the median)
- April 8
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- October 20
- 1 year in 5
- October 25
- 3 years in 10
- October 29
- 2 years in 5
- November 1
- Half of years (the median)
- November 2
- Growing season
- about 208 days
- Hardiness zone nearby
- 7a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 31 °C87 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- May 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 ~7 °C44 °F · low ~-3 °C27 °F · rain ~88 mm3.4 in
- February
- high ~10 °C49 °F · low ~-2 °C29 °F · rain ~88 mm3.4 in
- March
- high ~15 °C59 °F · low ~2 °C35 °F · rain ~110 mm4.3 in
- April
- high ~22 °C71 °F · low ~7 °C44 °F · rain ~111 mm4.4 in
- May
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~12 °C54 °F · rain ~135 mm5.3 in
- June
- high ~30 °C86 °F · low ~17 °C63 °F · rain ~124 mm4.9 in
- July
- high ~31 °C89 °F · low ~19 °C67 °F · rain ~149 mm5.9 in
- August
- high ~31 °C87 °F · low ~19 °C66 °F · rain ~100 mm3.9 in
- September
- high ~28 °C82 °F · low ~15 °C59 °F · rain ~85 mm3.3 in
- October
- high ~21 °C70 °F · low ~8 °C47 °F · rain ~80 mm3.2 in
- November
- high ~15 °C58 °F · low ~2 °C36 °F · rain ~75 mm2.9 in
- December
- high ~9 °C48 °F · low ~-1 °C31 °F · rain ~106 mm4.2 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Logan station (listed by NOAA as Logan, USC00465353), at 37.87, -81.98. 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
25021, 25022, 25028, 25047, 25053, 25076, 25093, 25108, 25114, 25121, 25130, 25149, 25183, 25203, 25205, 25206, 25505, 25508, 25524, 25547, 25601, 25606, 25621, 25624, 25625, 25628, 25632, 25634, 25635, 25637, 25638, 25639, 25644, 25646, 25647, 25649, 25652, 25653, 25654, 25666, 25671, 25676, 25699.
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Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Williamson, WV, last frost by April 8
- Oceana 2 SE, WV, last frost by April 22
- Hamlin, WV, last frost by April 23
- Charleston, WV, last frost by April 23
- London Locks, WV, last frost by April 7
- Breaks Interstate Park, VA, last frost by April 22
Other stations in West Virginia.
- Beckley Va Hospital, WV, last frost by May 6
- Mt Nebo 1 S, WV, last frost by May 5
- Spencer, WV, last frost by April 30
- Gassaway, WV, last frost by April 20
- Clarksburg Benedum Airport, WV, last frost by April 18
- Burton, WV, last frost by May 4
- Lake Lynn, WV, last frost by April 25