Purvis, MS 39475 Frost Dates
Purvis, MS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/07, roughly 191 days out. 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
Purvis's growing season runs about 261 days, ranking 6,417 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 58 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39475's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Purvis can differ from the 39475 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Purvis's frost date answer different questions.