Meadow Bridge, WV 25986 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Meadow Bridge, WV, ZIP 25986
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 160 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
Zone 6b around Meadow Bridge 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 05/02 isn't a guarantee
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Meadow Bridge compares
At roughly 160 frost-free days, Meadow Bridge places 32,511 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 760 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Meadow Bridge's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Meadow Bridge can differ from the 25986 normal.