Batesville, MS 38606 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Batesville, MS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 218 frost-free days later.
Batesville sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Batesville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Batesville's last frost
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Batesville compares
Batesville's growing season runs about 218 days, ranking 13,255 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 460 of 523.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Batesville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Batesville's dates instead of trusting one.