Durbin, WV 24944 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Durbin, WV, ZIP 24944
Around 05/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 254 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 149 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Durbin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Durbin has about 5 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 Durbin's last frost
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Durbin compares
Durbin's growing season runs about 149 days, ranking 35,577 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 871 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Durbin can differ from the 24944 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Durbin's frost date answer different questions.