Tchula, MS 39169 Frost Dates
Tchula, MS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 218 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tchula in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Tchula's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tchula against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 218 frost-free days, Tchula places 13,287 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 462 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39169's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Tchula's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Tchula can differ from the 39169 normal.