Barboursville, WV 25721 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barboursville, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. 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.
The actual range around Barboursville's last frost
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
Barboursville's growing season runs about 205 days, ranking 16,262 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 101 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Barboursville can differ from the 25721 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Barboursville's frost date answer different questions.