Arcola, MS 38723 Frost Dates
Arcola, MS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 247 days after the last spring frost.
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 Arcola, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Arcola's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/13 isn't a guarantee
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Arcola against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 247 frost-free days, Arcola places 7,888 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 164 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38723's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Arcola's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Arcola's dates instead of trusting one.