Itta Bena, MS 38941 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Itta Bena, MS, ZIP 38941
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/08, about 192 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 255 frost-free days later.
Itta Bena sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Itta Bena has about 12 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
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Itta Bena compares
At roughly 255 frost-free days, Itta Bena places 6,951 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 96 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Itta Bena's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Itta Bena can differ from the 38941 normal.