Mount Hope, WV 25909 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mount Hope, WV, ZIP 25909
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 156 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 Mount Hope, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Mount Hope has about 6 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 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mount Hope compares
Mount Hope's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,705 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 821 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Mount Hope's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Mount Hope's dates instead of trusting one.