Wellsburg, WV 43913 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wellsburg, WV, ZIP 43913
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 185 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wellsburg in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Wellsburg has about 8 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.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wellsburg compares
About 185 days separate Wellsburg's last and first frost, putting it 23,176 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 369 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Wellsburg's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wellsburg's dates instead of trusting one.