Alligator, MS 38767 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Alligator, MS, ZIP 38767
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 243 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 Alligator, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Alligator 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.
The actual range around Alligator's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Alligator compares
Alligator's growing season runs about 243 days, ranking 8,340 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 231 of 523.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Alligator's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Alligator's dates instead of trusting one.