Womelsdorf (Coalton), WV 26278 Frost Dates
26278, near Womelsdorf (Coalton), WV: the frost window
Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 159 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Womelsdorf (Coalton) in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Womelsdorf (Coalton)'s growing season runs out in roughly 6 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Womelsdorf (Coalton) against the rest of the dataset
Womelsdorf (Coalton)'s growing season runs about 159 days, ranking 32,788 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 782 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 26278: local microclimates, on what one yard in Womelsdorf (Coalton) can differ from the 26278 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Womelsdorf (Coalton)'s frost date answer different questions.