Raymond, MS 39225 Frost Dates
39225, near Raymond, MS: the frost window
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Raymond 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
Raymond's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
Raymond's growing season runs about 236 days, ranking 9,439 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 306 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 39225: local microclimates, on what one yard in Raymond can differ from the 39225 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Raymond's frost date answer different questions.