Flatwoods, WV 26215 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Flatwoods, WV, ZIP 26215
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 155 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Flatwoods, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Flatwoods 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.
The actual range around Flatwoods's last frost
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Flatwoods compares
Flatwoods's growing season runs about 155 days, ranking 34,136 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 843 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Flatwoods's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Flatwoods can differ from the 26215 normal.