Meadow Bridge, WV 25966 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Meadow Bridge, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 173 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 Meadow Bridge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Meadow Bridge 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
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Meadow Bridge compares
About 173 days separate Meadow Bridge's last and first frost, putting it 28,074 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 657 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Meadow Bridge's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Meadow Bridge's dates instead of trusting one.