Pineville, WV 25943 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pineville, WV, ZIP 25943
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.
Pineville 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.
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
Pineville's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 20,026 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 230 of 885.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pineville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pineville can differ from the 25943 normal.