Elkins, WV 26241 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Elkins, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/05, roughly 250 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 159 frost-free days later.
Elkins 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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Elkins before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Elkins's last frost
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elkins compares
Elkins's growing season runs about 159 days, ranking 32,635 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 764 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Elkins's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Elkins's dates instead of trusting one.