Meadow Bridge, WV 25976 Frost Dates
Meadow Bridge, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Meadow Bridge in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Meadow Bridge's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Meadow Bridge's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Meadow Bridge against the rest of the dataset
Meadow Bridge's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 28,075 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 658 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25976's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Meadow Bridge's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Meadow Bridge can differ from the 25976 normal.