Romney, WV 26852 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Romney, WV, ZIP 26852
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 172 frost-free days later.
Romney 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 Romney 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.
The actual range around Romney's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Romney compares
About 172 days separate Romney's last and first frost, putting it 28,355 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 674 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Romney's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Romney's dates instead of trusting one.