Wardensville, WV 22654 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wardensville, WV, ZIP 22654
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 172 frost-free days later.
Wardensville sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Wardensville has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Wardensville's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wardensville compares
About 172 days separate Wardensville's last and first frost, putting it 28,511 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 678 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Wardensville can differ from the 22654 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Wardensville's frost date answer different questions.