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Delbarton, WV 25670 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Delbarton, WV?

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 208 frost-free days later.

Delbarton 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

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Delbarton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Delbarton's last frost

04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Delbarton compares

Delbarton's growing season runs about 208 days, ranking 15,732 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 70 of 885.

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