Taylor, MS 38949 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Taylor, MS, ZIP 38949
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 219 frost-free days later.
Taylor 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 Taylor 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
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Taylor compares
About 219 days separate Taylor's last and first frost, putting it 13,097 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 459 of 523.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Taylor's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Taylor's dates instead of trusting one.