FrostDateCheck

Lumberport, WV 26438 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Lumberport, WV?

Zone 6b

Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 181 frost-free days later.

Lumberport sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 8 weeks of growing season left in Lumberport before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Lumberport compares

At roughly 181 frost-free days, Lumberport places 24,667 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 443 of 885.

Learn more

local microclimates covers what one yard in Lumberport can differ from the 26438 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Lumberport's frost date answer different questions.