Lula, MS 38626 Frost Dates
38626, near Lula, MS: the frost window
Around 03/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 199 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 246 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lula 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
Lula's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/15 isn't a guarantee
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lula against the rest of the dataset
Lula's growing season runs about 246 days, ranking 7,949 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 172 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 38626: local microclimates, on what one yard in Lula can differ from the 38626 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Lula's frost date answer different questions.