Fayetteville, WV 25833 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fayetteville, WV?
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 181 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Fayetteville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Fayetteville 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
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fayetteville compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Fayetteville places 24,545 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 427 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Fayetteville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Fayetteville can differ from the 25833 normal.