Summersville, WV 26667 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Summersville, WV?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 173 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 Summersville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Summersville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Summersville compares
About 173 days separate Summersville's last and first frost, putting it 27,907 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 633 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Summersville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Summersville's dates instead of trusting one.