Worthington, WV 26591 Frost Dates
Worthington, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Worthington's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/18 isn't a guarantee
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.
Worthington against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Worthington places 20,584 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 305 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26591's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Worthington can differ from the 26591 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Worthington's frost date answer different questions.