Georgetown, MS 39078 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Georgetown, MS, ZIP 39078
Around 03/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 195 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 250 frost-free days later.
Georgetown 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
Zone 8b around Georgetown has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 03/11 isn't a guarantee
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Georgetown compares
About 250 days separate Georgetown's last and first frost, putting it 7,594 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 142 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Georgetown's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Georgetown can differ from the 39078 normal.