Weston, WV 26372 Frost Dates
26372, near Weston, WV: the frost window
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Weston in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Weston's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
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
Weston's growing season runs about 179 days, ranking 25,300 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 535 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 26372: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6b and Weston's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Weston's dates instead of trusting one.