Pineville, WV 25811 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pineville, WV, ZIP 25811
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 6b (-5 to 0°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
Zone 6b 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
At roughly 193 frost-free days, Pineville places 20,023 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 227 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Pineville can differ from the 25811 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Pineville's frost date answer different questions.