Wardensville, WV 26755 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wardensville, WV, ZIP 26755
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 159 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wardensville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Wardensville has about 6 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wardensville compares
At roughly 159 frost-free days, Wardensville places 32,767 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 778 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Wardensville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Wardensville can differ from the 26755 normal.