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Triadelphia, WV 26059 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Triadelphia, WV?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 192 frost-free days later.

Triadelphia 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 Triadelphia 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 Triadelphia compares

At roughly 192 frost-free days, Triadelphia places 20,505 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 297 of 885.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Triadelphia's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Triadelphia's dates instead of trusting one.