Blacksville, WV 26544 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blacksville, WV, ZIP 26544
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 Blacksville 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 Blacksville 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 Blacksville compares
About 180 days separate Blacksville's last and first frost, putting it 25,109 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 524 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Blacksville can differ from the 26544 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Blacksville's frost date answer different questions.