Frost Dates for 25071 — Elkview, West Virginia

Half of springs at Clendenin, WV see their last 32°F night by April 21; only one in ten is past it by April 5, and one in ten still has one after May 11. Planting tender crops after April 29 leaves a 30% risk of a frost on them, after May 3 20%, and after May 11 10%. The 20 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is wider than at 79% of the 84 West Virginia stations behind this site's ZIP pages.

In fall the first 32°F night comes by October 28 in half of years, as early as October 15 one year in ten, and holds off past November 8 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F follows 9 days later, around November 6; in spring the one-in-ten date for 28°F is April 25, 16 days before the 32°F one. The freeze-free season lasts 187 days in a typical year, longer than at 75% of the 84 West Virginia stations; it reaches 207 days one year in ten and falls short of 167 one year in ten. On average 116 nights a year drop to 32°F or below. Nights of 36°F, when frost can still settle on leaves in low, open spots, continue 12 days longer, to about May 3, and return around October 18. Severe cold of 16°F or below comes every winter, usually between December 19 and March 1.

July is the warmest month at Clendenin, WV, averaging 86°F by day and 65°F at night; January is the coldest at 43°F and 24°F. A freezing night is all but certain in every month from November to April (a 90% chance or more). From June to September the chance of a 32°F night stays under 10% each month. In spring, May still brings one in 26% of years.

Warmth for growing adds up to 3,711 growing degree days a year (base 50°F), more than at 83% of the 84 West Virginia stations. 36% of them (1,331) have built up by the end of June, and July adds the most, 784. Precipitation totals 52.7 inches a year, most in June (6.1") and least in October (3.1"); May to September bring 49% of it.

The nearest other station, Charleston Yeager Airport, WV, 8 miles southwest of Elkview and 210 feet higher, has a last frost 5 days earlier (April 16), a first frost 2 days earlier (October 26), a season 5 days longer.

The first measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) in Elkview usually arrives around December 14, and the last of the season around March 9. Those are the middle dates across the winters of 1991–2020 at Clendenin, WV, 7 miles away: half of years saw snow earlier, half later. Every one of those winters saw snow. The last 32°F night of spring typically comes 43 days after the last snow.

ZIP 25071 is 7 miles from Clendenin, WV, which stands at 700 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. 1 other ZIP code shares the station. The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 25071 in zone 7a, the band where the coldest night of the year averaged 0 to 5°F (-17.8 to -15.0°C) over 1991–2020; a zone describes winter lows, not frost dates.