Grafton, WV 26354 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Grafton, WV, ZIP 26354
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 178 frost-free days later.
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 Grafton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Grafton 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
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Grafton compares
At roughly 178 frost-free days, Grafton places 25,702 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 565 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Grafton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Grafton can differ from the 26354 normal.