Moundsville, WV 26041 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Moundsville, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 192 frost-free days later.
Moundsville 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Moundsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Moundsville compares
About 192 days separate Moundsville's last and first frost, putting it 20,242 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 245 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Moundsville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Moundsville can differ from the 26041 normal.