Pineville, WV 24898 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pineville, WV?
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pineville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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.
The actual range around Pineville's last frost
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
About 193 days separate Pineville's last and first frost, putting it 20,021 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 225 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.