Marlinton, WV 26291 Frost Dates
Marlinton, WV: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/12, about 257 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 147 days after the last spring frost.
Marlinton sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Marlinton'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
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Marlinton against the rest of the dataset
Marlinton's growing season runs about 147 days, ranking 35,941 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 874 of 885.
Learn more
Before leaning on 26291's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Marlinton can differ from the 26291 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Marlinton's frost date answer different questions.