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Flatwoods, WV 26228 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Flatwoods, WV, ZIP 26228

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 175 frost-free days later.

Flatwoods 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 Flatwoods 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 Flatwoods's last frost

04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Flatwoods compares

Flatwoods's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,235 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 622 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 26228 normal.