Belzoni, MS 39038 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Belzoni, MS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/03, about 187 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 263 frost-free days later.
Belzoni 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 Belzoni before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Belzoni compares
At roughly 263 frost-free days, Belzoni places 6,124 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 40 of 523.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Belzoni's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Belzoni's dates instead of trusting one.