Pelahatchie, MS 39145 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pelahatchie, MS, ZIP 39145
Around 03/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 198 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 245 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pelahatchie 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 Pelahatchie 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pelahatchie compares
At roughly 245 frost-free days, Pelahatchie places 8,039 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 193 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pelahatchie's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pelahatchie can differ from the 39145 normal.