Thaxton, MS 38627 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Thaxton, MS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 202 frost-free days later.
Thaxton 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 Thaxton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Thaxton's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Thaxton compares
About 202 days separate Thaxton's last and first frost, putting it 17,316 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 520 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Thaxton can differ from the 38627 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Thaxton's frost date answer different questions.