Falkner, MS 38674 Frost Dates
38674, near Falkner, MS: the frost window
Around 04/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 218 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 210 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Falkner 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
Falkner's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/03 isn't a guarantee
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Falkner against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 210 frost-free days, Falkner places 15,093 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 499 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 38674: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Falkner's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Falkner's dates instead of trusting one.