Hickory, MS 39332 Frost Dates
Hickory, MS: when does the frost end?
Around 03/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 208 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 228 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hickory 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
With roughly 10 weeks until Hickory's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hickory against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 228 frost-free days, Hickory places 10,907 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 392 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39332's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Hickory's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Hickory can differ from the 39332 normal.