Cary, MS 39177 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cary, MS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 246 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 Cary, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Cary before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cary's last frost
03/11 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. 04/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cary compares
Cary's growing season runs about 246 days, ranking 7,947 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 170 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Cary's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cary can differ from the 39177 normal.