Silver City, MS 39166 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Silver City, MS, ZIP 39166
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/03, about 187 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 263 frost-free days later.
Silver City 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
Zone 8b around Silver City has about 12 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
03/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Silver City compares
About 263 days separate Silver City's last and first frost, putting it 6,156 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 44 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Silver City can differ from the 39166 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Silver City's frost date answer different questions.