Greenville, MS 38701 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greenville, MS, ZIP 38701
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 247 frost-free days later.
Greenville sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Greenville has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenville compares
Greenville's growing season runs about 247 days, ranking 7,791 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 154 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Greenville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Greenville can differ from the 38701 normal.