Rivesville, WV 26527 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rivesville, WV, ZIP 26527
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 180 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rivesville 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 Rivesville 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.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
04/26 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. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rivesville compares
At roughly 180 frost-free days, Rivesville places 24,984 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 500 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Rivesville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Rivesville can differ from the 26527 normal.