Guntown, MS 38849 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Guntown, MS, ZIP 38849
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 Guntown 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
Zone 8a around Guntown 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 Guntown's last frost
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 Guntown compares
Guntown's growing season runs about 237 days, ranking 9,116 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 298 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Guntown's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Guntown can differ from the 38849 normal.