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Fayetteville, WV 25862 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Fayetteville, WV, ZIP 25862

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 181 frost-free days later.

Fayetteville sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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

Zone 6b around Fayetteville has about 8 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.

Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee

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

About 181 days separate Fayetteville's last and first frost, putting it 24,548 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 430 of 885.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Fayetteville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Fayetteville can differ from the 25862 normal.