Fulton, MS 38843 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fulton, MS, ZIP 38843
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 212 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Fulton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Fulton has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fulton compares
At roughly 212 frost-free days, Fulton places 14,601 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 486 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Fulton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Fulton can differ from the 38843 normal.