Merigold, MS 38759 Frost Dates
Merigold, 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.
Merigold 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 Merigold's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Merigold against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 241 frost-free days, Merigold places 8,618 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 255 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38759's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Merigold's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Merigold can differ from the 38759 normal.