Barboursville, WV 25729 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barboursville, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 16,270 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 109 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Barboursville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Barboursville's dates instead of trusting one.