Flora, MS 39071 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Flora, MS?
Around 03/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 190 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 258 frost-free days later.
Flora 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 Flora before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Flora's last frost
03/06 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. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Flora compares
Flora's growing season runs about 258 days, ranking 6,648 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 84 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Flora's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Flora can differ from the 39071 normal.