Barrackville, WV 26559 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barrackville, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 192 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Barrackville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Barrackville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Barrackville's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 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 Barrackville compares
Barrackville's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,456 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 288 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Barrackville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Barrackville's dates instead of trusting one.