Marlinton, WV 24954 Frost Dates
Marlinton, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/14, roughly 161 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Marlinton in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Marlinton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/03 isn't a guarantee
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Marlinton against the rest of the dataset
About 161 days separate Marlinton's last and first frost, putting it 32,100 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 749 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 24954's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Marlinton can differ from the 24954 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Marlinton's frost date answer different questions.