Friars Point, MS 38631 Frost Dates
Friars Point, MS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/15, about 199 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 246 days after the last spring frost.
Friars Point 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 11 weeks until Friars Point's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
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.
Friars Point against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 246 frost-free days, Friars Point places 7,936 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 167 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38631's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Friars Point can differ from the 38631 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Friars Point's frost date answer different questions.