Blue Springs, MS 38828 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Blue Springs, MS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 237 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Blue Springs in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Blue Springs before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blue Springs compares
Blue Springs's growing season runs about 237 days, ranking 9,153 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 301 of 523.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Blue Springs's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Blue Springs's dates instead of trusting one.