Follansbee, WV 26037 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Follansbee, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 175 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 Follansbee, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Follansbee before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
About 175 days separate Follansbee's last and first frost, putting it 26,947 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 609 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Follansbee's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Follansbee can differ from the 26037 normal.