Pickens, MS 39146 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pickens, MS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/14, roughly 198 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 239 frost-free days later.
Pickens sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Pickens 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
03/14 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 Pickens compares
About 239 days separate Pickens's last and first frost, putting it 8,861 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 271 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Pickens's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pickens can differ from the 39146 normal.