Abbeville, MS 38601 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Abbeville, MS?
Around 04/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 218 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 210 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Abbeville in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Abbeville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Abbeville's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Abbeville compares
At roughly 210 frost-free days, Abbeville places 15,100 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 501 of 523.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Abbeville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Abbeville's dates instead of trusting one.