Oakland, MS 38948 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oakland, MS?
Around 03/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 212 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 218 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Oakland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Oakland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Oakland's last frost
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oakland compares
About 218 days separate Oakland's last and first frost, putting it 13,329 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 469 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Oakland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Oakland can differ from the 38948 normal.