Shinnston, WV 26568 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Shinnston, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 192 frost-free days later.
Shinnston 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Shinnston before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Shinnston'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 Shinnston compares
About 192 days separate Shinnston's last and first frost, putting it 20,381 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 247 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Shinnston's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Shinnston's dates instead of trusting one.