Hinton, WV 25978 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hinton, WV?
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 200 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Hinton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Hinton 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
04/10 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
At roughly 200 frost-free days, Hinton places 17,810 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 128 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hinton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hinton can differ from the 25978 normal.