Natchez, MS 39122 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Natchez, MS, ZIP 39122
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/16, about 200 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 237 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 Natchez, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Natchez has about 10 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 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 9,082 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 291 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Natchez can differ from the 39122 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Natchez's frost date answer different questions.