Byhalia, MS 38679 Frost Dates
Byhalia, MS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 227 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Byhalia 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 10 weeks until Byhalia's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Byhalia's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Byhalia against the rest of the dataset
Byhalia's growing season runs about 227 days, ranking 11,032 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 400 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38679's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Byhalia can differ from the 38679 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Byhalia's frost date answer different questions.