Water Valley, MS 38965 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Water Valley, MS, ZIP 38965
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 219 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 Water Valley, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Water Valley 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.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
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 Water Valley compares
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Water Valley places 13,025 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 456 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Water Valley can differ from the 38965 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Water Valley's frost date answer different questions.