Auburn, WV 26178 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Auburn, WV, ZIP 26178
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 175 frost-free days later.
Auburn 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
Zone 6b around Auburn 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.
The actual range around Auburn's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 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 Auburn compares
About 175 days separate Auburn's last and first frost, putting it 27,295 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 628 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Auburn can differ from the 26178 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Auburn's frost date answer different questions.