Durbin, WV 26209 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Durbin, WV, ZIP 26209
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/12, roughly 257 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 147 frost-free days later.
Durbin sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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 6a around Durbin has about 6 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 05/12 isn't a guarantee
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Durbin compares
At roughly 147 frost-free days, Durbin places 35,984 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 876 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Durbin's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Durbin's dates instead of trusting one.