Clarksdale, MS 38630 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Clarksdale, MS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/16, roughly 200 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 243 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clarksdale in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Clarksdale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Clarksdale's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clarksdale compares
At roughly 243 frost-free days, Clarksdale places 8,281 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 218 of 523.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Clarksdale can differ from the 38630 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Clarksdale's frost date answer different questions.