Mabscott, WV 25851 Frost Dates
Mabscott, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 156 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mabscott 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 6 weeks until Mabscott's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mabscott against the rest of the dataset
About 156 days separate Mabscott's last and first frost, putting it 33,697 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within WV, it ranks 816 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25851's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Mabscott's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Mabscott can differ from the 25851 normal.