Fairview, WV 26570 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fairview, WV, ZIP 26570
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 158 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fairview 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 Fairview has about 6 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.
The actual range around Fairview's last frost
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fairview compares
Fairview's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 33,120 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 797 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Fairview's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fairview's dates instead of trusting one.