Benwood, WV 26031 Frost Dates
Benwood, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
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 Benwood, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Benwood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Benwood against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Benwood places 20,453 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 285 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26031's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Benwood can differ from the 26031 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Benwood's frost date answer different questions.