Anguilla, MS 38721 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Anguilla, MS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/05, roughly 189 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 261 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Anguilla, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Anguilla before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Anguilla's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Anguilla compares
About 261 days separate Anguilla's last and first frost, putting it 6,443 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 60 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Anguilla's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Anguilla can differ from the 38721 normal.