Franklin, WV 26807 Frost Dates
Franklin, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 05/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 260 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/03, roughly 139 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Franklin 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
With roughly 5 weeks until Franklin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Franklin against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 139 frost-free days, Franklin places 37,263 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 882 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26807's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Franklin can differ from the 26807 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Franklin's frost date answer different questions.