Potts Camp, MS 38659 Frost Dates
Potts Camp, MS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 202 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Potts Camp 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Potts Camp's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Potts Camp against the rest of the dataset
About 202 days separate Potts Camp's last and first frost, putting it 17,340 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 523 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38659's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Potts Camp's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Potts Camp can differ from the 38659 normal.