Raymond, MS 39272 Frost Dates
39272, near Raymond, MS: the frost window
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. 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
At roughly 236 frost-free days, Raymond places 9,444 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 311 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 39272: local microclimates, on what one yard in Raymond can differ from the 39272 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Raymond's frost date answer different questions.