Falcon, MS 38623 Frost Dates
38623, near Falcon, MS: the frost window
Around 03/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 201 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Falcon in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Falcon's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Falcon against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 233 frost-free days, Falcon places 10,002 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 363 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 38623: local microclimates, on what one yard in Falcon can differ from the 38623 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Falcon's frost date answer different questions.