Magee, MS 39111 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Magee, MS, ZIP 39111
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/10, roughly 194 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 252 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Magee in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Magee 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.
The actual range around Magee's last frost
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Magee compares
About 252 days separate Magee's last and first frost, putting it 7,235 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 123 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Magee's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Magee can differ from the 39111 normal.