Valley Grove, WV 26060 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Valley Grove, WV, ZIP 26060
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 185 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Valley Grove in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Valley Grove has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Valley Grove compares
About 185 days separate Valley Grove's last and first frost, putting it 23,324 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 375 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Valley Grove can differ from the 26060 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Valley Grove's frost date answer different questions.