Crenshaw, MS 38621 Frost Dates
Crenshaw, MS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 218 days after the last spring frost.
Crenshaw 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Crenshaw's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/28 isn't a guarantee
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Crenshaw against the rest of the dataset
Crenshaw's growing season runs about 218 days, ranking 13,322 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 467 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38621's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Crenshaw can differ from the 38621 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Crenshaw's frost date answer different questions.