Shuqualak, MS 39361 Frost Dates
39361, near Shuqualak, MS: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/21, roughly 205 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 231 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shuqualak 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
Shuqualak'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
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Shuqualak against the rest of the dataset
About 231 days separate Shuqualak's last and first frost, putting it 10,264 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 371 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 39361: local microclimates, on what one yard in Shuqualak can differ from the 39361 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Shuqualak's frost date answer different questions.