Flatwoods, WV 26376 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Flatwoods, WV, ZIP 26376
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 175 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Flatwoods in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Flatwoods 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.
The actual range around Flatwoods's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Flatwoods compares
About 175 days separate Flatwoods's last and first frost, putting it 27,236 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 623 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Flatwoods can differ from the 26376 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Flatwoods's frost date answer different questions.