Mullens, WV 24716 Frost Dates
24716, near Mullens, WV: the frost window
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 178 days after the last spring frost.
Mullens 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
Mullens's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mullens against the rest of the dataset
Mullens's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,781 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 575 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 24716: the frost range, on how to read the range around Mullens's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Mullens can differ from the 24716 normal.