Frost Dates for 26541 — Maidsville, West Virginia

Half of springs at Pt Marion Lock 8, PA see their last 32°F night by April 30; only one in ten is past it by April 14, and one in ten still has one after May 17. Planting tender crops after May 6 leaves a 30% risk of a frost on them, after May 11 20%, and after May 17 10%. The 17 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is narrower than at 61% of the 84 West Virginia stations behind this site's ZIP pages.

In fall the first 32°F night comes by October 23 in half of years, as early as October 9 one year in ten, and holds off past November 4 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F follows 9 days later, around November 1; in spring the one-in-ten date for 28°F is May 4, 13 days before the 32°F one. The freeze-free season lasts 177 days in a typical year, shorter than at 56% of the 84 West Virginia stations; it reaches 196 days one year in ten and falls short of 155 one year in ten. On average 121 nights a year drop to 32°F or below. Nights of 36°F, when frost can still settle on leaves in low, open spots, continue 10 days longer, to about May 10, and return around October 12. Severe cold of 16°F or below comes every winter, usually between December 6 and March 7.

July is the warmest month at Pt Marion Lock 8, PA, averaging 84°F by day and 61°F at night; January is the coldest at 39°F and 21°F. A freezing night is all but certain in every month from November to April (a 90% chance or more). From June to September the chance of a 32°F night stays under 10% each month. In spring, May still brings one in 44% of years.

Warmth for growing adds up to 3,128 growing degree days a year (base 50°F), fewer than at 67% of the 84 West Virginia stations. 35% of them (1,081) have built up by the end of June, and July adds the most, 704.

The nearest other station, Morgantown Hart Field, WV, 5 miles southeast of Maidsville and 430 feet higher, has a last frost 7 days earlier (April 23), a first frost 1 day later (October 24), a season 5 days longer.

The first measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) in Maidsville usually arrives around December 9, and the last of the season around March 7. Those are the middle dates across the winters of 1991–2020 at Grays Landing, PA, 7 miles away: half of years saw snow earlier, half later. Every one of those winters saw snow. The last 32°F night of spring typically comes 54 days after the last snow.

ZIP 26541 is 4 miles from Pt Marion Lock 8, PA, which stands at 810 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. 1 other ZIP code shares the station. The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 26541 in zone 6b, the band where the coldest night of the year averaged -5 to 0°F (-20.6 to -17.8°C) over 1991–2020; a zone describes winter lows, not frost dates.