Bluefield, WV 24701 Frost Dates
Bluefield, WV: when does the frost end?
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 182 days after the last spring frost.
Bluefield sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Bluefield's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bluefield against the rest of the dataset
Bluefield's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,102 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 389 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24701's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Bluefield's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Bluefield can differ from the 24701 normal.