Holly Springs, MS 38634 Frost Dates
Holly Springs, MS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holly Springs in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
With roughly 8 weeks until Holly Springs's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Holly Springs against the rest of the dataset
Holly Springs's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,561 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 505 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38634's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Holly Springs's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Holly Springs can differ from the 38634 normal.