Pachuta, MS 39347 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pachuta, MS, ZIP 39347
Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 236 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pachuta 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
Zone 8b around Pachuta has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Pachuta's last frost
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pachuta compares
At roughly 236 frost-free days, Pachuta places 9,521 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 323 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Pachuta can differ from the 39347 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Pachuta's frost date answer different questions.