Hazlehurst, MS 39083 Frost Dates
Hazlehurst, MS: when does the frost end?
Around 03/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 198 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 245 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hazlehurst 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 Hazlehurst's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hazlehurst against the rest of the dataset
Hazlehurst's growing season runs about 245 days, ranking 8,026 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 186 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39083's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Hazlehurst's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hazlehurst's dates instead of trusting one.