Toccopola, MS 38874 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Toccopola, MS, ZIP 38874
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 227 frost-free days later.
Toccopola sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Toccopola 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Toccopola compares
At roughly 227 frost-free days, Toccopola places 11,062 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 406 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Toccopola can differ from the 38874 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Toccopola's frost date answer different questions.