Drew, MS 38738 Frost Dates
Drew, MS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/15, about 199 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 241 days after the last spring frost.
Drew 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Drew's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/15 isn't a guarantee
03/15 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 04/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Drew against the rest of the dataset
About 241 days separate Drew's last and first frost, putting it 8,583 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 248 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38738's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Drew's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Drew's dates instead of trusting one.