Waveland, MS 39520 Frost Dates
Waveland, MS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/21, about 177 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/03, roughly 287 days after the last spring frost.
Waveland 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Waveland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/21 isn't a guarantee
02/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Waveland against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 287 frost-free days, Waveland places 4,597 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 18 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39520's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Waveland's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Waveland can differ from the 39520 normal.