Matewan, WV 25691 Frost Dates
25691, near Matewan, WV: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
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 Matewan, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Matewan's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Matewan against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Matewan places 15,736 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 73 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 25691: the frost range, on how to read the range around Matewan's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Matewan can differ from the 25691 normal.