Durbin, WV 26294 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Durbin, WV?
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 150 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 Durbin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Durbin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Durbin's last frost
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Durbin compares
Durbin's growing season runs about 150 days, ranking 35,420 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 863 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Durbin's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Durbin can differ from the 26294 normal.