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Barboursville, WV 25716 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Barboursville, WV, ZIP 25716

Zone 7a

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

Zone 7a around Barboursville has about 9 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.

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

About 205 days separate Barboursville's last and first frost, putting it 16,257 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 96 of 885.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Barboursville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Barboursville's dates instead of trusting one.