Leakesville, MS 39451 Frost Dates
Leakesville, MS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 239 days after the last spring frost.
Leakesville 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 11 weeks until Leakesville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/18 isn't a guarantee
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Leakesville against the rest of the dataset
About 239 days separate Leakesville's last and first frost, putting it 8,828 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 262 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39451's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Leakesville can differ from the 39451 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Leakesville's frost date answer different questions.