Gautier, MS 39553 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gautier, MS, ZIP 39553
Around 03/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 185 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 269 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Gautier has about 13 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Gautier's last frost
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gautier compares
At roughly 269 frost-free days, Gautier places 5,660 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 27 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Gautier can differ from the 39553 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Gautier's frost date answer different questions.