Mullens, WV 25882 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mullens, WV, ZIP 25882
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 178 frost-free days later.
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 Mullens, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Mullens has about 8 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.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mullens compares
At roughly 178 frost-free days, Mullens places 25,787 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within WV, it ranks 581 of 885.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Mullens's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Mullens's dates instead of trusting one.