Wardensville, WV 26810 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wardensville, WV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 159 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Wardensville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Wardensville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wardensville's last frost
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
Wardensville's growing season runs about 159 days, ranking 32,768 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 779 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Wardensville can differ from the 26810 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Wardensville's frost date answer different questions.