West Liberty, WV 26074 Frost Dates
West Liberty, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 185 days after the last spring frost.
West Liberty 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until West Liberty's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
West Liberty against the rest of the dataset
About 185 days separate West Liberty's last and first frost, putting it 23,218 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 370 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26074's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around West Liberty's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in West Liberty can differ from the 26074 normal.