Barboursville, WV 25771 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barboursville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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
About 205 days separate Barboursville's last and first frost, putting it 16,272 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 111 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25771's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Barboursville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Barboursville can differ from the 25771 normal.