Terra Alta, WV 26764 Frost Dates
26764, near Terra Alta, WV: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 156 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Terra Alta in Zone 6a (-10 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
Terra Alta's growing season runs out in roughly 6 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/07 isn't a guarantee
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Terra Alta against the rest of the dataset
Terra Alta's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,690 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 812 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 26764: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Terra Alta's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Terra Alta's dates instead of trusting one.