Raymond, MS 39283 Frost Dates
39283, near Raymond, MS: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/16, roughly 200 days out. 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
About 236 days separate Raymond's last and first frost, putting it 9,446 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 313 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 39283: local microclimates, on what one yard in Raymond can differ from the 39283 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Raymond's frost date answer different questions.