Flemington, WV 26424 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Flemington, WV, ZIP 26424
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 188 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Flemington 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 Flemington 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
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Flemington compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Flemington places 22,187 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 330 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Flemington's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Flemington's dates instead of trusting one.