Burnsville, MS 38833 Frost Dates
Burnsville, MS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Burnsville in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Burnsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Burnsville's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Burnsville against the rest of the dataset
Burnsville's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 16,998 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 513 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38833's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Burnsville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Burnsville can differ from the 38833 normal.