Weston, WV 26338 Frost Dates
Weston, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Weston, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Weston's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Weston against the rest of the dataset
About 179 days separate Weston's last and first frost, putting it 25,299 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 534 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26338's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Weston can differ from the 26338 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Weston's frost date answer different questions.