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Barboursville, WV 25774 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Barboursville, WV, ZIP 25774

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.

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.

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.

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

About 205 days separate Barboursville's last and first frost, putting it 16,275 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 114 of 885.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Barboursville can differ from the 25774 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Barboursville's frost date answer different questions.