Follansbee, WV 26035 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Follansbee, WV, ZIP 26035
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 175 frost-free days later.
Follansbee 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 Follansbee has about 8 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 Follansbee's last frost
04/29 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. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Follansbee compares
Follansbee's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 26,946 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 608 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Follansbee's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Follansbee's dates instead of trusting one.