Laurel, MS 39442 Frost Dates
Laurel, MS: when does the frost end?
Around 03/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 196 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 244 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Laurel 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 Laurel'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
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/22 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.
Laurel against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 244 frost-free days, Laurel places 8,213 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 205 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39442's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Laurel's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Laurel's dates instead of trusting one.