Hendricks, WV 26271 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hendricks, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 182 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Hendricks, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Hendricks before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hendricks's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hendricks compares
At roughly 182 frost-free days, Hendricks places 24,333 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 416 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hendricks's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hendricks can differ from the 26271 normal.