Parkersburg, WV 26106 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Parkersburg, WV, ZIP 26106
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 197 frost-free days later.
Parkersburg sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Parkersburg 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.
Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Parkersburg compares
At roughly 197 frost-free days, Parkersburg places 18,627 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 142 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Parkersburg's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Parkersburg can differ from the 26106 normal.