Morgantown, WV 26531 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Morgantown, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 182 frost-free days later.
Morgantown sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Morgantown 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
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Morgantown compares
About 182 days separate Morgantown's last and first frost, putting it 24,077 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 387 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Morgantown's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Morgantown can differ from the 26531 normal.