North Carrollton, MS 38943 Frost Dates
38943, near North Carrollton, MS: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
North Carrollton 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
North Carrollton's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
North Carrollton against the rest of the dataset
North Carrollton's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 17,033 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 516 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 38943: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and North Carrollton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around North Carrollton's dates instead of trusting one.