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Maple sugaring in Cabell County, West Virginia

Cabell County had 5 maple operations and 116 taps in the 2022 Census. Around Huntington, sap usually runs from January 26 to March 2. Here's the long-run pattern, 36 seasons of sap weather, and the outlook this week.
Too early to tapAbout 112 days until the usual start.
Sap starts
Jan 26
typical year
Season ends
Mar 2
about 5 weeks
Sap days / season
47.3
1991–2026 average
Taps, 2022
116
#17 of 29 in WV

Sap-flow outlook at Huntington right now

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Forecast for Huntington, WV

Updated Oct 6, 9:50 AM EDT

Off-season for now. Sap needs freezing nights, and none are in sight. Cabell County's season usually opens around January 26, which is 112 days away.

No freeze-thaw days in the forecast

freeze thaw 32°F

  1. WedOct 7
    47° / 79°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  2. ThuOct 8
    54° / 80°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  3. FriOct 9
    48° / 76°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  4. SatOct 10
    49° / 79°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  5. SunOct 11
    56° / 73°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  6. MonOct 12
    56° / 78°
    No refreeze forecast

Data: National Weather Service. Verdicts use freeze-thaw thresholds from maple field research; your woods may run a little differently.

When the sap runs

The sugaring calendar at Huntington

Freeze-thaw weather at Huntington peaks in the weeks of Dec 1 to Mar 23, which hold about 96% of a season's sap days. February is the busiest month.
Typical season: Jan 26 – Mar 20246Week of Dec 1: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 8: 3.3 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 15: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 22: 2.4 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 29: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 5: 2.3 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 12: 2.4 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 19: 2.5 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 26: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 2: 3.3 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 9: 3.2 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 16: 2.6 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 23: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 2: 3.1 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 9: 2.6 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 16: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 23: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 30: 1.0 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 6: 0.8 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 13: 0.2 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 20: 0.1 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 27: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 4: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 11: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 18: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 25: 0.0 sap days on averageDecJanFebMarAprMaytaps in ~Jan 26
Average number of freeze-thaw sap days in each week of the season at Huntington, 1991–2026. A sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. The shaded band is the typical season.

Year-to-year spread

Opening signal
Median Jan 19; the middle half of seasons fell between Jan 13 and Jan 23. Earliest Jan 1 (2006), latest Feb 7 (2003).
Closing signal
Median Feb 19; middle half between Feb 9 and Feb 27. Earliest Jan 24 (2006), latest Mar 12 (2003).
Sap days by month
Dec25%Jan23%Feb26%Mar22%Apr4%May0%

36 seasons of sap weather

Cabell County seasons, 1991–2026

The best sap year at Huntington was 2004 with 60 freeze-thaw days; the leanest was 2010 with 33. Seasons that start early tend to end early too: the trees run on the swing between freezing nights and mild days, and heat ends it.
JanFebMarAprMaysap days20262026: Jan 21 – Feb 25, 38 sap days3820252025: Jan 22 – Feb 25, 42 sap days4220242024: Jan 6 – Feb 8, 49 sap days4920232023: Jan 7 – Jan 28, 44 sap days4420222022: Jan 24 – Feb 28, 48 sap days4820212021: Jan 31 – Mar 7, 49 sap days4920202020: Jan 2 – Jan 24, 42 sap days4220192019: Jan 22 – Feb 3, 45 sap days4520182018: Jan 15 – Feb 13, 53 sap days5320174420162016: Jan 20 – Feb 19, 38 sap days3820152015: Feb 7 – Mar 8, 42 sap days4220142014: Feb 4 – Mar 10, 50 sap days5020132013: Jan 18 – Feb 22, 54 sap days5420122012: Jan 4 – Feb 3, 54 sap days5420112011: Jan 22 – Feb 21, 41 sap days4120102010: Feb 4 – Mar 8, 33 sap days3320092009: Jan 29 – Mar 5, 45 sap days4520082008: Jan 12 – Feb 16, 54 sap days5420072007: Jan 21 – Feb 25, 49 sap days4920062006: Jan 1 – Jan 24, 57 sap days5720054220042004: Jan 25 – Mar 1, 60 sap days6020032003: Feb 7 – Mar 12, 37 sap days3720022002: Jan 9 – Feb 8, 50 sap days5020012001: Jan 17 – Feb 20, 53 sap days5320002000: Jan 13 – Feb 17, 45 sap days4519991999: Jan 8 – Jan 31, 54 sap days5419981998: Jan 14 – Jan 29, 34 sap days3419971997: Jan 15 – Feb 18, 51 sap days5119961996: Jan 21 – Feb 19, 44 sap days4419951995: Jan 19 – Feb 23, 44 sap days4419941994: Jan 26 – Mar 1, 44 sap days4419931993: Jan 8 – Feb 11, 57 sap days5719921992: Jan 13 – Feb 13, 56 sap days5619911991: Jan 15 – Feb 17, 59 sap days59
Each bar runs from the season's opening signal to its closing signal, estimated from daily temperatures at Huntington. Dashed lines mark the typical dates. The right column counts freeze-thaw sap days from December through May.

Maple production

Cabell County in the Census of Agriculture

USDA counts maple operations every five years. In Cabell County the 2022 Census found 5 farms making syrup, with taps null and syrup output null over the same five years. That works out to about 0.11 gallons of syrup per tap in 2022. Among the 385 counties in this atlas, Cabell County ranks 359 by taps.

Cabell County maple production, 2017 and 2022 (USDA Census of Agriculture)
Census yearFarmsTapsGallons of syrupGal / tap
20225116130.11
2017000—

Nearby

Neighboring maple counties

Distances are between reference towns; typical dates are each county's own estimate.

About these numbers

The season dates are estimated from 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures for the PRISM 4-km grid cell at Huntington (535ft), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast: a sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. Each season's closing signal is the last sap day before accumulated warmth reaches a threshold, and the opening signal sits five weeks before that, never earlier than the first real freeze-thaw week. Tested against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates, the rule lands within 5.5 days of the reported close and 6.6 days of the reported opening on average, and the typical dates shown here are scaled to West Virginia's USDA record (3 years). Production figures are copied from the Census as published. Full method, calibration tables and the downloadable dataset →

Sources · 6

  1. 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — West Virginia, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
  2. 2.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu
  3. 3.Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) web services · NOAA Regional Climate Centers
  4. 4.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
  5. 5.Sap flow in sugar maple: timing and weather drivers (Frontiers in Agronomy, 2025) · de Lima Santos et al.
  6. 6.GeoNames gazetteer (cities500), CC BY 4.0 · GeoNames

FAQ

Cabell County sugaring questions

When should I tap maple trees in Cabell County, West Virginia?
In a typical year the sap starts running around January 26 near Huntington and the season winds down around March 2. Have your taps in a day or two before the first forecast string of freezing nights and 40 °F days. In the past 36 seasons the weather signal came as early as Jan 1 and as late as Feb 7.
How much maple syrup does Cabell County produce?
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 5 maple operations in Cabell County with 116 taps producing 13 gallons of syrup, ranking 17 of 29 West Virginia's counties with published tap counts.
How many sap days does Cabell County get in a season?
On average 47.3 freeze-thaw sap days from December through May at Huntington, of which about 12.3 are textbook days with a night in the 20s and a day in the 40s. The best season since 1991 was 2004 (60 sap days); the leanest was 2010 (33).
Where do these dates come from?
From 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures at Huntington (PRISM 4-km grid), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast, then calibrated against USDA's reported season dates for West Virginia. They describe a typical year at one point in the county; your sugarbush, slope and elevation can shift them by days.

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