Glen Dale, WV 26038 Frost Dates
Glen Dale, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Glen Dale in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Glen Dale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
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.
Glen Dale against the rest of the dataset
About 192 days separate Glen Dale's last and first frost, putting it 20,443 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 284 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26038's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Glen Dale's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Glen Dale can differ from the 26038 normal.