Raymond, MS 39205 Frost Dates
Raymond, MS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/16, about 200 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/06, roughly 236 days after the last spring frost.
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 Raymond, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Raymond's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/16 isn't a guarantee
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Raymond against the rest of the dataset
About 236 days separate Raymond's last and first frost, putting it 9,436 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 303 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39205's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Raymond can differ from the 39205 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Raymond's frost date answer different questions.