Franklin, WV 26802 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Franklin, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 182 frost-free days later.
Franklin 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Franklin 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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Franklin compares
At roughly 182 frost-free days, Franklin places 24,276 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 404 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Franklin's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Franklin can differ from the 26802 normal.