Falcon, MS 38670 Frost Dates
38670, near Falcon, MS: the frost window
Around 03/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 201 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Falcon 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
Falcon's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/17 isn't a guarantee
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Falcon against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 233 frost-free days, Falcon places 10,003 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 364 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 38670: the frost range, on how to read the range around Falcon's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Falcon can differ from the 38670 normal.