Polkville, MS 39152 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Polkville, MS, ZIP 39152
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 221 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 Polkville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Polkville 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Polkville compares
About 221 days separate Polkville's last and first frost, putting it 12,561 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 445 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Polkville can differ from the 39152 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Polkville's frost date answer different questions.