FrostDateCheck

Webb, MS 38966 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Webb, MS?

Zone 8b

Around 03/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 191 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 254 frost-free days later.

Webb sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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

About 12 weeks of growing season left in Webb before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Webb's last frost

03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Webb compares

At roughly 254 frost-free days, Webb places 7,057 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 104 of 523.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Webb's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Webb can differ from the 38966 normal.