Shubuta, MS 39360 Frost Dates
Shubuta, MS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/14, roughly 198 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 247 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shubuta 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 11 weeks until Shubuta's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Shubuta against the rest of the dataset
About 247 days separate Shubuta's last and first frost, putting it 7,880 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 160 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39360's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Shubuta's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Shubuta can differ from the 39360 normal.