Tutwiler, MS 38963 Frost Dates
Tutwiler, MS: when does the frost end?
Around 03/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 201 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Tutwiler, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Tutwiler's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/17 isn't a guarantee
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tutwiler against the rest of the dataset
Tutwiler's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,921 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 345 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38963's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Tutwiler can differ from the 38963 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Tutwiler's frost date answer different questions.