New Cumberland, WV 26047 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Cumberland, WV, ZIP 26047
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 186 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 New Cumberland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around New Cumberland has about 9 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 New Cumberland's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Cumberland compares
New Cumberland's growing season runs about 186 days, ranking 22,886 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 363 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and New Cumberland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around New Cumberland's dates instead of trusting one.