Pineville, WV 25916 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pineville, WV?
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.
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 Pineville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Pineville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
Pineville's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 20,025 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 229 of 885.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Pineville can differ from the 25916 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Pineville's frost date answer different questions.