Barboursville, WV 25717 Frost Dates
Barboursville, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 205 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Barboursville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Barboursville against the rest of the dataset
Barboursville's growing season runs about 205 days, ranking 16,258 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 97 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25717's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Barboursville can differ from the 25717 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Barboursville's frost date answer different questions.