FrostDateCheck

Pineville, WV 24818 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Pineville, WV?

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 193 frost-free days later.

Pineville 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.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Pineville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee

04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Pineville compares

At roughly 193 frost-free days, Pineville places 20,014 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 218 of 885.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Pineville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Pineville's dates instead of trusting one.