Womelsdorf (Coalton), WV 26285 Frost Dates
26285, near Womelsdorf (Coalton), WV: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 159 days after the last spring frost.
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 Womelsdorf (Coalton), not a forecast for this year.
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
At roughly 159 frost-free days, Womelsdorf (Coalton) places 32,789 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 783 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 26285: the frost range, on how to read the range around Womelsdorf (Coalton)'s dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Womelsdorf (Coalton) can differ from the 26285 normal.