Pelahatchie, MS 39288 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pelahatchie, MS?
Around 03/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 198 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 245 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pelahatchie in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Pelahatchie before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pelahatchie's last frost
03/14 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. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pelahatchie compares
About 245 days separate Pelahatchie's last and first frost, putting it 8,040 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 194 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Pelahatchie's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pelahatchie can differ from the 39288 normal.