Brandon, MS 39043 Frost Dates
39043, near Brandon, MS: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 245 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brandon in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Brandon's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Brandon against the rest of the dataset
About 245 days separate Brandon's last and first frost, putting it 7,981 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 179 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 39043: local microclimates, on what one yard in Brandon can differ from the 39043 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Brandon's frost date answer different questions.