Pineville, WV 24867 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pineville, WV, ZIP 24867
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 193 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Pineville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Pineville has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
Pineville's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 20,018 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 222 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Pineville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pineville's dates instead of trusting one.