Frost, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
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Frost is an unincorporated community in eastern Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Frost is also home to Mountain Quest Institute.
Frost, West Virginia | |
|---|---|
Location within the state of West Virginia Frost, West Virginia (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°16′14″N 79°52′50″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Pocahontas |
| Elevation | 2,585 ft (788 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 24940 |
| Area code | 304/681 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1554516 |
The highly elevated townsite experiences frequent frost conditions, hence the name.[2]
Climate
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Frost has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.[3]
| Climate data for Frost 3NE, West Virginia, 1991–2020 normals: 2905ft (885m) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 67 (19) |
71 (22) |
81 (27) |
85 (29) |
88 (31) |
89 (32) |
94 (34) |
93 (34) |
89 (32) |
87 (31) |
79 (26) |
73 (23) |
94 (34) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 58.8 (14.9) |
60.7 (15.9) |
70.7 (21.5) |
79.8 (26.6) |
82.4 (28.0) |
84.9 (29.4) |
86.1 (30.1) |
84.8 (29.3) |
83.9 (28.8) |
78.7 (25.9) |
70.5 (21.4) |
60.9 (16.1) |
87.5 (30.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 37.4 (3.0) |
41.5 (5.3) |
49.0 (9.4) |
60.8 (16.0) |
69.3 (20.7) |
75.0 (23.9) |
78.4 (25.8) |
78.2 (25.7) |
72.8 (22.7) |
63.3 (17.4) |
51.6 (10.9) |
41.5 (5.3) |
59.9 (15.5) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 27.2 (−2.7) |
29.9 (−1.2) |
37.4 (3.0) |
47.4 (8.6) |
56.4 (13.6) |
63.3 (17.4) |
67.1 (19.5) |
66.7 (19.3) |
60.7 (15.9) |
50.3 (10.2) |
39.6 (4.2) |
31.4 (−0.3) |
48.1 (9.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 17.0 (−8.3) |
18.4 (−7.6) |
25.8 (−3.4) |
34.0 (1.1) |
43.6 (6.4) |
51.7 (10.9) |
55.8 (13.2) |
55.1 (12.8) |
48.5 (9.2) |
37.2 (2.9) |
27.6 (−2.4) |
21.3 (−5.9) |
36.3 (2.4) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −4.2 (−20.1) |
−1.2 (−18.4) |
8.4 (−13.1) |
20.5 (−6.4) |
28.0 (−2.2) |
40.2 (4.6) |
46.1 (7.8) |
45.6 (7.6) |
35.1 (1.7) |
24.0 (−4.4) |
13.4 (−10.3) |
4.6 (−15.2) |
−5.4 (−20.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −12 (−24) |
−12 (−24) |
−7 (−22) |
14 (−10) |
23 (−5) |
33 (1) |
41 (5) |
40 (4) |
29 (−2) |
17 (−8) |
4 (−16) |
−3 (−19) |
−12 (−24) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.50 (89) |
3.04 (77) |
4.50 (114) |
4.20 (107) |
5.25 (133) |
5.07 (129) |
4.41 (112) |
3.59 (91) |
3.95 (100) |
3.11 (79) |
3.20 (81) |
3.97 (101) |
47.79 (1,213) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 11.60 (29.5) |
14.30 (36.3) |
10.00 (25.4) |
1.60 (4.1) |
0.00 (0.00) |
0.00 (0.00) |
0.00 (0.00) |
0.00 (0.00) |
0.00 (0.00) |
0.40 (1.0) |
2.90 (7.4) |
10.30 (26.2) |
51.1 (129.9) |
| Source 1: NOAA[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: XMACIS (temp records & monthly max/mins)[5] | |||||||||||||
