Natchez, MS 39120 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Natchez, MS?
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 237 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Natchez 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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Natchez before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Natchez's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Natchez compares
About 237 days separate Natchez's last and first frost, putting it 9,080 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 289 of 523.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Natchez's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Natchez's dates instead of trusting one.