Silver City, MS 39115 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Silver City, MS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/03, roughly 187 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 263 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Silver City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Silver City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/10 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 Silver City compares
About 263 days separate Silver City's last and first frost, putting it 6,155 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 43 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Silver City can differ from the 39115 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Silver City's frost date answer different questions.