Wardensville, WV 26823 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wardensville, WV, ZIP 26823
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 172 frost-free days later.
Wardensville 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
Zone 6b around Wardensville has about 7 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
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wardensville compares
About 172 days separate Wardensville's last and first frost, putting it 28,512 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 679 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 26823 normal.