Worthington, WV 26572 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Worthington, WV, ZIP 26572
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.
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 Worthington, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Worthington has about 9 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 Worthington'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 Worthington compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Worthington places 20,583 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 304 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Worthington's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Worthington can differ from the 26572 normal.