Clendenin, WV 25286 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clendenin, WV, ZIP 25286
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 169 frost-free days later.
Clendenin sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Clendenin 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 Clendenin's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clendenin compares
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Clendenin places 29,524 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 711 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Clendenin can differ from the 25286 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Clendenin's frost date answer different questions.