Hollandale, MS 39061 Frost Dates
39061, near Hollandale, MS: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/05, about 189 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 261 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hollandale 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
Hollandale's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hollandale against the rest of the dataset
About 261 days separate Hollandale's last and first frost, putting it 6,412 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 54 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 39061: local microclimates, on what one yard in Hollandale can differ from the 39061 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Hollandale's frost date answer different questions.