Middlebourne, WV 26320 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Middlebourne, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 167 frost-free days later.
Middlebourne 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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Middlebourne before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Middlebourne compares
About 167 days separate Middlebourne's last and first frost, putting it 30,123 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 726 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Middlebourne's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Middlebourne can differ from the 26320 normal.