Pine Grove, WV 26419 Frost Dates
26419, near Pine Grove, WV: the frost window
Around 05/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 248 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 159 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pine Grove in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Pine Grove's growing season runs out in roughly 6 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/03 isn't a guarantee
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pine Grove against the rest of the dataset
Pine Grove's growing season runs about 159 days, ranking 32,752 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WV, it ranks 776 of 885.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 26419: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6b and Pine Grove's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Pine Grove's dates instead of trusting one.