Richton, MS 39476 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Richton, MS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/18, about 202 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 239 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Richton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Richton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Richton's last frost
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Richton compares
About 239 days separate Richton's last and first frost, putting it 8,855 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 269 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Richton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Richton can differ from the 39476 normal.