Hinton, WV 25969 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hinton, WV, ZIP 25969
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 200 frost-free days later.
Hinton 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 Hinton 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.
The actual range around Hinton's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hinton compares
About 200 days separate Hinton's last and first frost, putting it 17,809 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 127 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hinton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hinton can differ from the 25969 normal.