Frost (3 mi NE), West Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Frost (3 mi NE)'s normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 78°F July afternoons, with 47.8 inches of precipitation and 51 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.9°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 26°C, 1,214 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFrost (3 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00463251
- Location38.29°N 79.82°W
- Elevation2,905 ft (885 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Frost (3 mi NE) is 61°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 35%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Frost (3 mi NE).
- Jan 37° 17°
- Feb 42° 18°
- Mar 49° 26°
- Apr 61° 34°
- May 69° 44°
- Jun 75° 52°
- Jul 78° 56°
- Aug 78° 55°
- Sep 73° 49°
- Oct 63° 37°
- Nov 52° 28°
- Dec 42° 21°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Frost (3 mi NE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 78°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.25 in), the least in February (3.04 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 17°F | 27.2°F | 3.50 | 11.6 | 14 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 42°F | 18°F | 29.9°F | 3.04 | 14.3 | 12 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 49°F | 26°F | 37.4°F | 4.50 | 10.0 | 13 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 34°F | 47.4°F | 4.20 | 1.6 | 13 | <1 | 14 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 69°F | 44°F | 56.4°F | 5.25 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 75°F | 52°F | 63.3°F | 5.07 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 78°F | 56°F | 67.1°F | 4.41 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 78°F | 55°F | 66.7°F | 3.59 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 73°F | 49°F | 60.7°F | 3.95 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 37°F | 50.3°F | 3.11 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 52°F | 28°F | 39.6°F | 3.20 | 2.9 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 42°F | 21°F | 31.4°F | 3.97 | 10.3 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 36°F | 48.1°F | 47.79 | 51.1 | 150 | <1 | 154 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −8°C | −2.7°C | 89 mm | 29 cm |
| February | 5°C | −8°C | −1.2°C | 77 mm | 36 cm |
| March | 9°C | −3°C | 3.0°C | 114 mm | 25 cm |
| April | 16°C | 1°C | 8.6°C | 107 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 21°C | 6°C | 13.6°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 11°C | 17.4°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 13°C | 19.5°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 13°C | 19.3°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 9°C | 15.9°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 3°C | 10.2°C | 79 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 11°C | −2°C | 4.2°C | 81 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 5°C | −6°C | −0.3°C | 101 mm | 26 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00463251; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Frost (3 mi NE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (9).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00463251.
When is the last frost at Frost (3 mi NE)?
In Frost (3 mi NE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 10 in half of years and after May 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 23 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 101 year in 10 after May 26; 9 in 10 after April 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 149 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 170 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Frost (3 mi NE) in zone 6a in ZIP code 24934, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (18 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in West Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00463251; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Frost (3 mi NE)?
In a normal year in Frost (3 mi NE), a 90°F day is rare, 154 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 150 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 154a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 31high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 150a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 15a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00463251.
How sunny is it at Frost (3 mi NE)?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Frost (3 mi NE), 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (75%) and January the cloudiest (64%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 64% | 2.0 |
| February | 66% | 2.9 |
| March | 67% | 3.9 |
| April | 69% | 4.9 |
| May | 68% | 5.3 |
| June | 73% | 6.0 |
| July | 75% | 5.8 |
| August | 75% | 5.3 |
| September | 73% | 4.4 |
| October | 71% | 3.3 |
| November | 72% | 2.4 |
| December | 64% | 1.8 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Frost (3 mi NE) record?
A normal year at Frost (3 mi NE) brings 6,384 heating degree days, 19% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 258 cooling degree days, 72% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,227 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,172 | 0 |
| February | 981 | 0 |
| March | 856 | 0 |
| April | 528 | 0 |
| May | 274 | 9 |
| June | 91 | 41 |
| July | 29 | 94 |
| August | 36 | 87 |
| September | 155 | 24 |
| October | 459 | 2 |
| November | 762 | 0 |
| December | 1,042 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,384 | 258 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00463251. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Frost (3 mi NE) been warmer than normal?
2021 averaged 48.8°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 48.1°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48.8°F | +0.7°F | 39.71 | 29.8 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00463251. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Frost (3 mi NE)'s climate compare?
Frost (3 mi NE) is warmer than 5 of the 63 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 34. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.1°F is warmer than 32%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Frost (3 mi NE) is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Frost (3 mi NE) share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Deerfield, VA415 people · 23 mi E
- McDowell, VA37 people · 17 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Frost (3 mi NE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Frost (3 mi NE)?
January, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (78°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow at Frost (3 mi NE)?
Yes: 51 inches in a normal year, falling on 34 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (14.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Frost (3 mi NE)?
May, with 5.25 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.04 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Frost (3 mi NE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Frost (3 mi NE) in zone 6a in ZIP code 24934, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Frost (3 mi NE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 10; in one year in ten it comes after May 26. Waiting until May 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- West Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Mill Gap, VA6 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Mustoe (1 mi SW), VA9 miles from this station, 48.9°F a year
- Snowshoe, WV12 miles from this station, 43.1°F a year
- Marlinton, WV16 miles from this station, 47.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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