Stonewood, WV 26302 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Stonewood, WV, ZIP 26302
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 181 frost-free days later.
Stonewood sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
Zone 6b around Stonewood has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 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 Stonewood compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Stonewood places 24,605 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 433 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Stonewood can differ from the 26302 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Stonewood's frost date answer different questions.