Carpendale, WV 26753 Frost Dates
26753, near Carpendale, WV: the frost window
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 190 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carpendale in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Carpendale's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 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 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Carpendale against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Carpendale places 21,250 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 310 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 26753: the frost range, on how to read the range around Carpendale's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Carpendale can differ from the 26753 normal.