Rainelle, WV 25962 Frost Dates
Rainelle, WV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 160 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Rainelle, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Rainelle'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
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rainelle against the rest of the dataset
Rainelle's growing season runs about 160 days, ranking 32,423 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 751 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 25962's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Rainelle's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Rainelle's dates instead of trusting one.