Georgetown, MS 39082 Frost Dates
Georgetown, MS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/10, about 194 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 252 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Georgetown 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
With roughly 11 weeks until Georgetown's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Georgetown against the rest of the dataset
About 252 days separate Georgetown's last and first frost, putting it 7,266 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 129 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39082's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Georgetown's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Georgetown's dates instead of trusting one.