Amory, MS 38821 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Amory, MS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/29, roughly 213 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 223 frost-free days later.
Amory sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Amory before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Amory's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Amory compares
Amory's growing season runs about 223 days, ranking 12,056 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 412 of 523.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Amory's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Amory's dates instead of trusting one.