Purvis, MS 39404 Frost Dates
Purvis, MS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/07, about 191 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/23, roughly 261 days after the last spring frost.
Purvis sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Purvis'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
03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Purvis against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 261 frost-free days, Purvis places 6,414 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 55 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39404's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Purvis's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Purvis can differ from the 39404 normal.