Barboursville, WV 25545 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barboursville, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 205 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Barboursville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Barboursville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barboursville compares
At roughly 205 frost-free days, Barboursville places 16,247 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 86 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Barboursville can differ from the 25545 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Barboursville's frost date answer different questions.