Picayune, MS 39426 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Picayune, MS, ZIP 39426
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/09, roughly 193 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 255 frost-free days later.
Picayune sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Picayune has about 12 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Picayune compares
About 255 days separate Picayune's last and first frost, putting it 6,906 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 90 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Picayune's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Picayune can differ from the 39426 normal.