Gautier, MS 39552 Frost Dates
Gautier, MS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/01, roughly 185 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 269 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gautier in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 13 weeks until Gautier's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/01 isn't a guarantee
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gautier against the rest of the dataset
About 269 days separate Gautier's last and first frost, putting it 5,659 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 26 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39552's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gautier can differ from the 39552 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Gautier's frost date answer different questions.