Mabscott, WV 25873 Frost Dates
Mabscott, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 156 days after the last spring frost.
Mabscott sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a 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.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
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
Mabscott's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,700 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 819 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25873's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Mabscott's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Mabscott's dates instead of trusting one.