Farmington, WV 26571 Frost Dates
Farmington, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Farmington in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Farmington's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Farmington's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Farmington against the rest of the dataset
Farmington's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,540 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 301 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26571's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Farmington's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Farmington's dates instead of trusting one.