Moorefield, WV 26731 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Moorefield, WV, ZIP 26731
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.
Moorefield sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Moorefield has about 8 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.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Moorefield compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Moorefield places 25,325 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 537 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Moorefield's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Moorefield's dates instead of trusting one.