Plantersville, MS 38862 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Plantersville, MS, ZIP 38862
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/21, roughly 205 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 233 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Plantersville 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 Plantersville has about 10 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 Plantersville's last frost
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Plantersville compares
About 233 days separate Plantersville's last and first frost, putting it 9,945 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 352 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Plantersville can differ from the 38862 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Plantersville's frost date answer different questions.