Barboursville, WV 25710 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barboursville, WV?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 205 frost-free days later.
Barboursville 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 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 16,251 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 90 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Barboursville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Barboursville can differ from the 25710 normal.