Cary, MS 39054 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cary, MS?
Around 03/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 189 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 261 frost-free days later.
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 Cary, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Cary before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cary's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cary compares
Cary's growing season runs about 261 days, ranking 6,454 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 64 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Cary can differ from the 39054 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Cary's frost date answer different questions.